PURPOSE This paper aims to discuss how religious education should be conducted in order to restore the publicness of religion in the New Normal era.
CONTENTS Some clergy's deviant behaviors and the undesirable appearance of dealing with the Pandemic have raised the issue of the loss of the publicness of religion. This study begins with the question of what should be premised to restore the publicness of religion. Closed religion is a self-inflicted result of religion. This is because in the digital world where all information is open and shared, the deviation of a certain religion and its priests caused the loss of trust on religion. It seems clear that there is a need for time to agonize over how to restore trust and take responsibility.
RESULTS The digital world places more importance on trust and responsibility. The same is true of religion in the digital world. In order for religion trapped in a wall of distrust to break it down and restore publicness, it is essential for all religious people, including priests to have a responsible attitude toward restoring trust based on the golden rule of “Do good to others.”