Articles about Religions of the World
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...
‘I–Thou’: the world, our students, ourselves
Research update – Research into the use of critical thinking within religious education at King’s College, University of London (UCL)
World development: Alliance of Religions and Conservation and His Holiness Pope Francis speak up
Reviews
New RE programmes from the BBC for 5–7s and 11–14s
Postmodern religious criticism and worldview literacy
Young people in our schools are growing up in an increasingly complex globalised world, despite the attempts of some prominent political figures to reverse this. Given such a context, it is important that our students...
Baked Alaska:
climate justice RE from Riding Lights Theatre Company for GCSE RS sections on green issues
What are worldviews and should Religious Education be re-framed as Worldview Studies?
One of the greatest challenges facing the current Commission on Religious Education is the question about the nature of the subject. Does it really matter what we call it? Historically, what we call RE has had a...
Creation stories of the world:
We teach many creation stories, especially to younger children in the primary phase. However, older children can benefit from returning to well-loved creation stories and taking a sociological or psychological view,...
Exploring experiences of prayer inspired by different faith communities around the world
Ten animated faith stories for 4–7s and 26 shorts for 11–14s
The BBC has made this new RE content to address a gap in teacher resource provision and respond to teachers’ feedback about the type of resources they need to deliver RE. The primary resources cover all of the major...