Religious education’s pressing being born again (9)
I believe the answer is:
resurgent
'born again' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs can sometimes define each other.
'religious education's pressing' is the wordplay.
'religious education's' becomes 'RE's' (abbreviation).
'pressing' becomes 'urgent' (synonyms).
'res'+'urgent'='RESURGENT'
'being' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for resurgent that I've seen before include "Reviving in popularity" , "Coming back to life" , "making comeback" , "Reviving after period of inactivity" , "given new life" .)