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Autumn 2020

Volume 38, Number 1

Theme: Climate Justice

In this issue:

Jonathan Bartley, Green Party co-leader
Greta Thunberg and the Pope: using our cover picture in your classroom
30+ learning ideas for ages 4-19 on faith and the love of the earth
Laura D’Olimpio on teaching ethics in a green age
Pupil art for climate justice
Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam: where do the children play?

Summer 2020

Volume 37, Number 3

Theme: Visions

In this issue:

Professor Richard Swinburne on the reality of God
Packed with over 40 practical RE classroom ideas
Six viewpoints from different faiths and worldviews on visionary living
Professional REflection: from Paul Smalley and 6 others
20 ideas for GCSE learning
Julian Stern on insight
Stephen Asma on religion as therapy

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Identities in RE

Lat Blaylock

Martin Buber (1878–1965), a great Jewish philosopher of personhood, says in his book I and Thou (Touchstone 1970): ‘Inscrutably involved, we live in the currents of universal reciprocity.’ Perhaps a part of his...

Published in: Volume 38, Number 2

Last word

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Small change for RE?

Mark Chater

Mark Chater argues for radical reform of RE. Abbreviated from a keynote given to the Humanists UK RE conference, 28 November 2020.

Published in: Volume 38, Number 3

Events and resources

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Events: What’s going on in the RE community

In March, Ben Wood passed the leadership of NATRE to Katie Freeman. We asked them both to look backwards and forwards from their position as Chair of our subject teacher association.

Published in: Volume 38, Number 3

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Working towards justice for Religion and Worldviews

Kathryn Wright

Dr Kathryn Wright, CEO of the Culham St Gabriel’s Trust, which supports RE across the country, wants RE – maybe under a new name, ‘Religion and Worldviews’ – to be justly treated.

Published in: Volume 38, Number 3

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Writing towards an anti-racist RE curriculum

Alex Brown

Alexandra Brown is an RE teacher, academic and poet whose work focuses on theologies of liberation, Islam within the black American experience, and issues of social justice pertaining to gender, race, class and...

Published in: Volume 38, Number 3

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Inside a faith

We invited people from different religions and worldviews to respond to some questions about this term’s theme of ‘religion and justice’. Why not give the questions we asked to your students and ask them to...

Published in: Volume 38, Number 3
Tagged: Christianity, Humanist, Hinduism, Judaism

On reflection

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On reflection: on being Chair of NATRE

Ben Wood

It is great to welcome back Ben Wood to these pages. Ben has written here before, including a reflection on taking up the role of Chair of NATRE in the Summer 2019 edition. This time he looks back and reflects upon...

Published in: Volume 38, Number 3

Reviews

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Reviews

In this issue we have reviews from two members of the RE Today team who have clearly made good use of lockdown time for some significant reading. Lat Blaylock’s review of James W. Sire’s book on philosophical...

Published in: Volume 38, Number 3

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Leaders in Sikh religion and leaders in school

Rachel Buckby

Rachel Buckby wondered if studying the good leadership of Guru Nanak with her 7–8s might lead to some useful thinking about her school’s need for a new head teacher. The pupils felt this was useful! We were learning...

Published in: Volume 37, Number 3
Tagged: Sikhism, Leadership

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‘Following Acts 7–10 is impossible for a Muslim living in a non-Muslim country’

John Gooddy

The title of this article is taken from a 12-mark question at GCSE, and it raises an interesting question. We will think about answering this question to GCSE standard using the music of Canadian Muslim hip hop duo...

Published in: Volume 35, Number 3
Tagged: Islam, Muslim, music

letters by the pupils

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RE and National Poetry Day

Kate Penfold-Attride

At St Matthew’s we are keen to show the contribution rich RE can make to other areas of the curriculum. National Poetry Day gave us the perfect opportunity for cross-curricular links. Here is just one example of how...

Published in: Volume 35, Number 3
Tagged: Christianity, Bible, Stories

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Good Muslims treat all animals with kindness

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The Hadith: a Hadith is a saying or example of the Prophet, remembered and written down to help Muslims know how to live. Here is one example:

Published in: Volume 37, Number 2

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The RE GCSE four-piece jigsaw of success

Lat Blaylock

One reason teachers of RE are struggling with the new GCSE specifications is because the longer essay-style answers required of students are taxing the skills students have gained in putting together their thoughts in...

Published in: Volume 34, Number 3
Tagged: RE GCSE

Satan?

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Satan’s dozen

Lat Blaylock

12 ideas about the Devil for classroom thinking

Published in: Volume 33, Number 2
Tagged: Evil

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Wide-ranging free resources about the Salvation Army

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The teaching resources from the Salvation Army are often referred to as hidden gems, and they are well worth exploring.

Published in: Volume 34, Number 3
Tagged: Christianity, beliefs

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Do believers need a place to worship?

Ann Andrews

Ann Andrews is RE adviser for the Diocese of Oxford. She recently ran a competition for schools in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, asking if places of worship are necessary. The aim of the competition, which...

Published in: Volume 34, Number 2

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Wisdom in poetry: A student’s example

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St Dominic’s School, Brewood, in Staffordshire ran a Gifted and Talented pupil day for 60 students from three different schools in September, including a creative challenge: to express and explore religious beliefs...

Published in: Volume 32, Number 2

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A Holy Land tour for RE teachers

Kirsty Martindale

It’s not every summer that you get the opportunity to visit the Holy Land. Last summer I joined a group, led by Kevin Baldwin, to visit some of the most amazing sites on Earth, and have returned equipped with...

Published in: Volume 38, Number 1

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The North Wind and the Sun: a fable of Aesop

Lat Blaylock

Lat Blaylock The North Wind boasted of great strength. The Sun argued that there was great power in gentleness. Their argument raged. The North Wind was wild, and on the attack: ‘You, Sun, you are nothing but a great...

Published in: Volume 34, Number 3

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Fair or unfair?

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Using the human bar chart with younger pupils to explore what they believe about fairness and justice

Published in: Volume 38, Number 3