Articles about Hinduism
Inside a faith
We asked people from inside different faiths to write an article about their identity from these eight questions. Consider your own answers to the questions – jot down some notes. Then read the examples on the next...
Greener religion for infants?
Fiona Moss, NATRE CEO, suggests six ways to enable green thinking in RE for 4–7s.
‘Greening’ celebrations
Julia Diamond-Conway, RE Adviser with RE Today, shares some ideas for the classroom based upon the fact that religions are seeking greener practices around key festivities.
When Greta Thunberg met Pope Francis
This activity is simple, flexible and potentially profound. A part of good RE around green issues is to consider whether religions have a part to play in climate justice and responding to the climate crisis, and to...
Prayer at Varanasi
Julie Grove, of the RE Today Editorial Team, provides learning ideas from the Big Picture.
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Storybag: Stories of The Lost Articles of Faith, grey/green cloth storybag with 23 wooden pieces, comprising figures, animals and contextual props, with 10pp booklet, £54.00, catalogue code: 4-GPLOST.
Storybag:...
BBC extends Bitesize RE for 11–14s
Early Years RE provocations: lots of ideas for early learning RE
The (un)feminine divine
Discovering Sacred Text: an astonishing new resource from the British Library for school RE
Lat Blaylock commends a new resource for RE from one of our great institutions of cultural capital, the British Library. If inspectors want to see a rich knowledge curriculum, and pupils deserve to explore sources of...
Showcasing RE
Words matter: gender, religion and RE
‘I will my light my lamp for you’: poetry and festivals of light
Inspirational RE from a Hindu educator
Wisdom Ancient and Modern: seven different perspectives
Better RE through A big event!
A Hindu perspective . .
Tulsi Seva Dasi is a member of Central Bedfordshire SACRE, and a Hindu. She works at the Bhaktivedanta Manor in Hertfordshire
‘Religion: All in the mind?’
Hinduism and animals
Many of us may have heard of Hindu deities such as Hanuman and Ganesh and perhaps wondered why some Hindus would revere animals to such a high regard. A key starting place is the philosophy of Hinduism. The Hindu...
Three stories of animals and religion – and what to do with them
Story is a key way in which religions communicate attitudes, virtues and ideas. So it is unsurprising that the great religions all tell stories with animals in them. Retell and work with these kinds of story in...