Events and resources

A well-presented book that teachers may find useful to inform them of the meanings and pronunciation of the 99 names of Allah. The book also gives much further insight into Islam with stories and explanations of key...

A compilation of psalms, poetry, stories and prayers to mark the centenary of the First World War, beautifully illustrated with contemporary artwork, this is testament to the men who faced death on the battlefield....

Questions about the interactions between science and religious faith are some of the most common and most important in today’s society. Children as young as 3 ask questions that require appreciation of these...

Global Neighbours, a new award scheme for primary schools In January 2018 Christian Aid is launching Global Neighbours, an accreditation scheme for primary schools, in partnership with the Church of England Education...

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...

Challenging Religious Issues is an online journal supporting A-level RS for students and teachers. It was set up through Welsh Government sponsorship and is published by the St Mary’s Centre. Articles are written by...

These new resources for school RE for students aged 13–18 raise challenging questions about climate justice through video clips from the ‘Baked Alaska’ stage show and provide many free lesson plans and resources...

At the end of the 2017–18 academic year, the first students will sit exams for the strengthened GCSE RS courses, which were introduced in September 2016 as part of the reform of GCSE qualifications. These new RS...

The Shack is a 2008 multi-million-selling religious book, and a movie of it is available now on DVD and as a digital download. The DVD release features a host of extras, including a previously unseen scene and...

Discoveries and developments in science are often cited as the reason for decline in religious belief. The picture of the Universe presented by modern science leaves very little room for religious truths, or so the...

The Gideons International is a charity that works to give away free Bibles. It has 5,000 volunteers in the UK, who each year give more than 400,000 school pupils – usually 11-year-olds beginning secondary school –...

The State of the Nation and the Commission on RE Interim Report ‘RE for All’ are at first sight one step removed from Monday afternoon Year 3 or Year 9 RE lessons. The influence, though, of such reports is ‘for...

Following a 2006 primary teacher RE conference in Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, Lat Blaylock asked if I was ‘interested in joining the PCfRE Exec’, as it was then called. So I arrived at the first residential...

Mary Phil Korsak, Foreword by Rowan Williams, self-published 2014, 133pp, pbk, £22, ISBN 978-909-02-8567-2. Available on Amazon or from www.maryphilkorsak.com. After her wonderful translation of Genesis (At the Start:...

‘My Life, My Religion’: new BBC RE programmes for 7–12s It’s been some years since we had new programmes for primary RE from the BBC, but here they are: five 30-minute programmes, all free to use. REtoday...

ed. Fiona Moss, REToday Services 2015, 32pp, pbk, £8.90, ISBN 978-1-905893-98-0.      The latest in the ‘RE Ideas’ series from RE Today, this offers a reassuringly familiar format. It is...

Weaknesses in curriculum design is an issue in RE and it is one which AREIAC is well aware of. The Ofsted report Religious Education: Realising the Potential devotes over two pages to the problem. The report laments that...