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Winter 2023
Volume 41, Number 1
Theme: Messy religion and belief
In this issue:
- The Singh Twins the internationally acclaimed artists on uniqueness, unity and the power of art
- The Philosophers’ Daughters: Peter Vardy on young people and big questions
- A Buddha bauble on the Christmas tree?
- Professional REflection: new thinking in RE
- COMPETITION: A chance to win a prize worth £150!
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Charting paths for RE
Wendy Dossett is best known to teachers for leading the University of Chester’s Department of Theology and Religious Studies A-level webinar series. She has been an A-level Examiner, Secretary of the Shap Working...
Real Voices – Mapping RE
We asked some real people questions to get them thinking about their own worldviews and perspectives relating to our theme of ‘mapping RE’. You might want to use these personal, real-life reflections in your RE...
Lat Blaylock
Stephen Orchard is a retired United Reformed Church minister and former Director of Christian Education.
African Apocalypse
African Apocalypse, directed by Rob Lemkin (2020),
written by Femi Nylander and Rob Lemkin and starring Femi Nylander
David Baddiel: The God Desire
David Baddiel, The God Desire:
On Being a Reluctant Atheist (TLS Books 2023)
94pp, hardback £9.99
ISBN: 978-0-00-855028-8
DEFEATING THE EVIL-GOD CHALLENGE
Dr Jack Symes is a public philosopher and writer. He is Producer of The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast and Editor of the Bloomsbury series Talking about Philosophy.
www.jacksymes.co.uk and...
WITCH AND WITCHCRAFT AS A WORLDVIEW
Dr Maggie Webster is the Course Lead for BA (hons) in Religion and a Senior Lecturer in Education and Religion at Edge Hill University.
@maggiewebster (the digital witchdoctor) and [email protected]
RELIGIOUS/NON-RELIGIOUS: PLANNING BEYOND THE UNHELPFUL BINARY?RELIGIOUS/NON-RELIGIOUS
Stephen Pett was a Head of RE for 14 years before joining RE Today as a National Adviser. He trains teachers, supports SACREs, and writes and edits curriculum resource publications. He worked with the Understanding...
Featured InstantRE
Mindfulness for free: Don’t pay for a pale imitation when the real thing is available as a gift
Leaders in Sikh religion and leaders in school
Cultural capital that makes a world of difference: re-building self-esteem
Musical hooks and sensory learning
Sophie Smith teaches at George Eliot School in Warwickshire. She wanted to use more creative hooks for her RE lessons. Here are some examples of what worked.
If the Earth were only a metre in diameter …
Read this poem (is it a poem?) aloud with your class, and then look at Amelia’s responses to it. She is 12.
StoryStack: a resource using upside-down cups for children to tell Bible stories
Sue Clutterham used to be a teacher and now works for Archway Trust as a local mission partner, in association with Scripture Union. Her work with children and families includes working in rural primary schools,...
Big quest ons for 16–19 RE for all
Angie Lamburn runs RE at Alderman Knight School in Tewkesbury, a mixed special school. While some RE departments leave aside the law on 16–19 RE, Angie has been finding ways to make it hum and buzz.
Thinking about evil: two students respond
We are always pleased to publish some good-quality work by students in REtoday. Here, two students who participated in our conferences called ‘An Evil Day’ submitted their thoughts.
Users of the article...
Reflective storytelling with 6- and 12-year-olds
Ten key points: how to defend RE in the primary curriculum
Rachel Buckby leads RE at St John’s School in Leicester, and is a member of the NATRE Executive. We asked her how she has built such a successful subject base in her school. Can you pick up tips?
The North Wind and the Sun: a fable of Aesop
Edward Colston or John Wesley: who deserved a statue?
Extensive new resources for anti-racist RE are available free from the NATRE website, www.natre.org.uk/ about-natre/projects/anti-racist-re/, supported by the Free Churches Group and Methodist Schools. Here is an...