Explaining the Theological Foundations of Religious Education and Its Implications

This study seeks to study the theological foundations of religious education and extract their educational implications. For this purpose, in order to discover and explain the foundations, the descriptive-interpretive method was used, and to extract educational implications, the deductive method was used. The foundations discussed in this study were: the divine origin of religion; the compatibility of religion with human nature and the permanent need for religion; the Prophet, who was chosen and sent by Allah; worldly and otherworldly happiness, which is the purpose of religion; universal and eternal and at the same time it meets the local needs and needs of every time. Furthermore, following the foundations, their educational implications were presented. In total, 9 educational implications were obtained. Some of these implications consisted of the constant necessity for religious education, no need for coercion and imposition, flexibility, the rejection of educational and scientific secularism.