The cleric, who was born in Bahrain but has Iranian origins, did his religious studies in Iraq and Iran.
There are no religious studies (let alone nativity plays) in state schools, nor may public workers sport the headscarf.
Crane graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in religious studies.
No child can advance without passing exams in both secular and religious studies, and instruction is in English and Arabic.
The teacher, Rabbi Jonathan Sandler, was born and raised in Bordeaux, in southwestern France, but pursued his religious studies in Israel.
Al-Sadr, who fled to Iran in 2007, is continuing religious studies there.
He admitted to being less than devout with his Muslim religious studies.
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There, over tea and fruit, Sami ul-Haq pointed out that teachers at the school offer math, social studies and English in addition to religious studies.
Conversely, the worst-paying college majors are child and family studies, elementary education, social work, culinary arts, special education, recreation and leisure studies, religious studies, and athletic training.
"It would be an enormous gesture to name a Latin American pope, " said Virginia Garrard-Burnett, a professor of history and religious studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
Specific marks are being allocated for good spelling, punctuation and grammar - a change that affects exams in English literature, geography, history and religious studies taken since January this year.
For example, a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) major at MIT would yield a higher score and loan compared to a religious studies major at a lesser ranked school.
"It would be an enormous gesture to name a Latin American pope, " Virginia Garrard-Burnett, a professor of history and religious studies at the University of Texas at Austin, said earlier this week.
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All state schools are required to provide a daily religious service (though some fail to do so), to teach religious studies and to promote the spiritual and moral development of their pupils.
Other partners and international agencies include: UNICEF, the Institute of Religious Studies (ISER) in Rio de Janeiro and Youth for Peace and Education (YPE), a Montreal-based interreligious organization, which trains educators for peace worldwide.
"He's got a very strong social-justice position that will be much appreciated by the more progressive forces in the church, " said Virginia Garrard-Burnett, professor of history and religious studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
They cover a vast range of subjects from religious studies to mathematics, medicine and astronomy, music, literature, poetry, architecture and esoteric practices, and bear witness to the rich history of the city as a cultural crossroads and centre of learning.
Willie Zingani, the presidential spokesman, said it was unfortunate that the issue is coming up now since the idea to introduce Religious and Moral Studies in secondary schools was mooted back in 1981, 15 years before Mr Muluzi assumed power.
On the first floor, Strand's uncompromisingly austere photography (from Spanish, North American and Mexican collections) offers a hard-bitten "collective portrait" of small-town Mexican life told through photos of individuals, landscapes, studies of architecture and religious iconology.
For example, a Brazilian study published last year in the journal Explore, examined 28 other studies, found that religious and spiritual people had an 18% lower mortality rate, which represented an 18% reduction in mortality over the course of the study.
In 2000, when Tamir was serving as tourism minister, Shiran worked as a Jewish studies teacher at the Moriah national religious school in Haifa.
The studies have asked about membership to a religious organization, leading scientists to think that the social support that comes with belonging to such a group somehow safeguards members.
Many studies have shown that people who have spiritual or religious lives are healthier than people who do not.
Douglas Davies, of the Centre for Death and Life Studies at Durham University, says even Britons who are not religious want to mark a loved one's passing in a way that reflects that person's values and preferences.
He has led workshops in leadership and organizational development for business and healthcare leaders as well as more common fare for a theologian covering biblical studies, spirituality, mysticism, and ministry for churches, religious communities, clergy, hospitals and chaplains.
Miller, includes everything from luminous cloud studies to sunlit views of Roman ruins to preparations for genre and religious paintings.
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Such neurochemical work, though preliminary, may tie in with scanning studies conducted to try to find out which parts of the brain are involved in religious experience.
Some other studies have made sceptics' eyebrows rise because they appear to show that political conservatism and religious fundamentalism have a genetic basis.
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