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The Book of Job is considered a complex and difficult book. Even in Sunday services, only a few passages from it occur, if any at all. The book is often misused to provide simple solutions to complex questions. When communicating with children, one tries to avoid unpleasant and difficult topics. However, avoiding them runs the risk that topics such as suffering and loss will unconsciously become ‘taboo topics’. This article argues that the Book of Job, especially with its tensions, offers adequate opportunities to address these existential topics already at primary school age. Using examples from German discussions on religious education, we show how the Book of Job can be used meaningfully in religious education at primary schools. We identify five possible learning objectives and reflect upon a practical lesson in a group of children aged nine and ten.
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