Articles about Sikhism
Real voices
In keeping with our theme of messy religions and worldviews, we sought contributions from people whose beliefs and ways of living do not fit neatly into the traditional categories we often refer to in RE. Here they...
Exploring arguments of a ‘genderless Divine’: within a Sikh–dharmic worldview
Vishal Sangu is an RS PhD student at the Open University, specialising in decolonisation, RS and Sikhi. Here, Vishal explores the problematic nature of applying gendered language to the study of dharmic traditions and...
Uniqueness, Unity and the Power of Art
The Singh Twins are internationally acclaimed contemporary British artists whose distinctive ‘Past-Modern’ (as opposed to Post-Modern) art draws upon a huge range of historical, cultural and religious influences....
What’s worth celebrating?
We asked members of different faith and belief communities a set of questions about their own lives of celebration. Here Buddhist, Bahá’í, Christian, Sikh and Muslim respondents explain what celebration means for...
A Sikh festival of freedom: Bandi Chaur Divas
Religions often make a festival out of a rescue or a struggle for freedom that was won. Here is a Sikh example.
Common humanity is what matters. Raj Singh Tattal draws his faith
Editor: I was introduced to Raj Singh Tattal by his former RE teacher Anne Krisman, known to many readers of REtoday for her expert work in SEND RE in Redbridge. I interviewed Raj, who has generously given us...
Inside a faith
Eleven worldview questions: a way of opening up the concept of worldviews for your pupils
Inside a faith
This term’s theme of pilgrimage and the journey of life led us to invite people from different communities to answer a set of questions from the perspective of their religion or worldview. The same seven questions...
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...
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...
Green religions? Perspectives from world faiths and viewpoints for your students
This issue of REtoday focuses on themes around green issues, environmentalism and climate justice. Our religions and worldviews are rich in exploring these issues and the relation of humanity to the natural world. We...
BBC extends Bitesize RE for 11–14s
Vision: what does it mean to you?
Leaders in Sikh religion and leaders in school
Looking at four Sikh artefacts
This term’s visual learning idea is simple. The four artefacts in the pictures show four key aspects of Sikhism. These pictures are also available on a PowerPoint from the REtoday website (the password is always...
Wisdom Ancient and Modern: seven different perspectives
A Sikh perspective
Sumanjit Kaur Johal, Art Sikh