Practice and Exploration of Strict School Governance Education in Religious Colleges

An Educational Pathway of “Studying Laws and Regulations, Observing Precepts, Cultivating Moral Practice, and Establishing a Good Image”

Abstract

This study examines the practice of strict school governance education in religious colleges, with particular attention to the fourfold educational pathway of “studying laws and regulations, observing precepts, cultivating moral practice, and establishing a good image.” In the context of the increasingly standardized and law-based governance of religious affairs in China, religious colleges function as key institutions for cultivating qualified religious personnel. Their educational quality, internal management, and value orientation are directly related to the healthy inheritance of religious traditions and their constructive adaptation to society. Through document analysis, policy-text interpretation, and case-oriented synthesis, this paper analyzes the background, theoretical meaning, educational logic, implementation strategies, and practical effects of strict school governance education. The study argues that legal education provides the institutional foundation, precept education offers the religious-disciplinary guarantee, moral cultivation forms the internal core of character development, and public-image construction constitutes the external goal of educational effectiveness. The paper further proposes that the pathway should be integrated into curriculum design, routine administration, teacher development, campus culture, and social-service practice. Such an approach can strengthen the rule-of-law awareness, disciplinary consciousness, moral self-cultivation, and social responsibility of teachers and students in religious colleges. It also provides a practical reference for advancing the Sinicization of religion, improving the governance capacity of religious colleges, and promoting the high-quality development of religious education.