Articles by Linda Woodhead

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Linda Woodhead On How to Teach ‘values’

Values are visible everywhere these days. Whether it is a school, a university, Microsoft or GB News, for example, you can easily find their values statement. When I undertook research on Generation Z (the generation...

Theory and practice
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A new settlement

Linda Woodhead explains why she and Charles Clarke felt that the time had come to define a new ‘settlement’ for the place and role of religion in English schools. Here, she summarises the contents of their pamphlet...
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Changing religion, changing RE

Professor Linda Woodhead researches the sociology of religion, and has collaborated with Rt Hon Charles Clarke to propose RE reforms. She spoke to the NATRE ‘RE: Reviving and Thriving’ North of England conference in...
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Why religion deserves to be attacked today

Professor Linda Woodhead MBE of Lancaster University argues that religion could be better. Religion: a fact of human existence If the proposition on the table was ‘politics deserves attacking today’, many would...