165081 20251212165957.0 doi 10.3390/rel16121489 sideral 146510 ART-2025-146510 eng Combalía, Zoila Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-6236-5991 Religion in State Schools: Questioning, Rationale and Challenges in Spanish Law 2025 In recent decades, Spain has witnessed a social and political debate regarding the justification and/or appropriateness of religious education in state schools. In this paper, after providing a brief description of the current situation, I will refer to the doubts and questions that have been raised about this area of teaching, as well as its legal basis and the social function it can perform. Finally, I will address some of the aspects or difficulties involved in its provision. Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 4005 145 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Derecho Público Área Dcho.Eclesiástico Estado 16, 12 (2025), 1489 [16 pp.] Religions 2077-1444 311944 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/165081/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 1852233 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/165081/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:165081 articulos driver 2025-12-12-14:42:17 ARTICLE