The purpose of this study is to analyze the status of religious education as a liberal arts education in universities based on the awareness of reality due to the increase of religious illiteracy, and to present the developmental search and future prospects of religious education tasks. As you can see, Korea is a typical multi-religious society. Religion has become an important point of contention in integrating various members of the multicultural society as the number of migrant foreigners increases. Moreover, the disrespect and misunderstanding of minority religions is becoming a deterrent to social integration, and if this is deepened, it could serve as a factor in social conflict. Thus, we must learn the wisdom of dialogue and coexistence in the multicultural society where globalization and Koreanization should be balanced. Consequently, religious education is requested as a wide range of liberal arts education to achieve a smooth life in a rapidly changing modern society. The liberal arts education of universities takes various types according to their purpose, making it difficult to find the agreed meaning. Also, the purpose of providing liberal arts education at universities varies from university to university according to its establishment ideology. In this situation, it is difficult to present a clear policy on how to approach religious education based on what purpose and content as a liberal education. However, even if there are differences in the implications of liberal arts education depending on the times and the purpose of implementation, what is clear can be summed up as the development of rationality and well-rounded human development that can promote human freedom. In short, the goal of liberal arts education of universities is to lay the foundation for the integration of personal growth with the development of professional skills. In this context, religious education is not a one-sided way of explaining one’s own world view, but provides an insight that all of those who are aiming for a community together are the main players of a multicultural society and see and understand each other. From this point of view, the study sought to provide desirable religious education as the liberal arts education of universities. The concept of religious education should be settled not as teaching religion, but as teaching “about” religion, and it is expected that religious education will function as a meaningful subject that can be taught at all levels of national and public schools as part of pan-civil education.