Religious and Moral Values in Humanising Pre-School and Primary School Education in Bulgaria

The moral and ethical dimensions of the social reality of which we are a part are characterised by a dynamic influenced by various objective and subjective factors.The dramatic progress in the development of the modern world in the third decade of the 21st century confronts us with the need to uphold timeless human values.This is a way to resist the destructive forces of interpersonal and international conflicts, criminality and soullessness.Appropriate strategies are needed to act effectively in the face of unpredictable reversals in individual and societal development.This paper pays special attention to the specific content-related and organisational-technological characteristics of religious education for children of pre-school and primary school age within the context of the Bulgarian educational system.The aim is to reveal the educational potential of religious values and their role in the humanisation of the pedagogical process in Bulgarian pre-school and school institutions.