“French public opinion largely approves the idea of reinforcing the study of religion from a cultural perspective in state schools. The intention is not to ‘put God back into the school system’. Religious traditions and the future of the humanities now share a common fate, and strengthening religious education will depend on strengthening education as such. The spirit of secularism should have nothing to fear. Furthermore, banishing religious education from the publicly controlled areas where the rational transmission of knowledge otherwise takes place encourages fanaticism, esotericism and irrationality.”
Régis Debray

Régis Debray teaches philosophy. He is, most notably, the author of Dieu, un itinéraire.