De pedagogiska utmaningarna och mojligheterna vid undervisning om ondska och teodiceproblemet

The purpose of this essay is to examine how existential questions (with focus on the problem of evil in our world, both with God and without him) can be educated about in religious studies in Sweden. The challenges and opportunities in teaching about this subject will be examined. This essay will be comparing three previously done studies which have used interviews to gains empirical data. With three questions with analyzing character this essay is going to do a critical review about the risks and possibilities with teaching about evil in this world. The didactical triangle will be used as the theory to help answer these questions. The result of this essay shows that discussions about existential questions is important for the pupils’ development within their self. It´s important that these kinds of questions are brought up in the schools’ education in religious studies, but it can also be difficult. The problem with evil in this world and its theodicy’s can be a controversial question that can affect the pupils’ feelings. Therefore, it is important to be considerate of the classes background when teaching about this. The teacher can use different methods to teach about this subject to emphasize the students’ different needs. This subject goes well with the Swedish curriculum and can be discussed by different kind of perspectives. The essay provides some different scenarios that can occur as a result by talking about some theodicy and the problem om evil in our world and how to handle them.