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In this issue of REToday, we have explored the messiness of religions and worldviews. What an oversight it would be not to explore the messiness of RE itself, a subject whose aims, purposes, methods and very existence...

Karen Crussell tells us about her local group, based in Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.

"Paul Fuller reports on the development of a new association for Scottish teachers of RME."

The Visual Commentary on Scripture (VCS, see thevcs.org/) is a freely accessible online publication that provides theological commentary on the Bible in dialogue with works of art.

Brady Robertson, Faculty head of RME at a school in Ayrshire

Paul Smalley, Edge Hill University, NASACRE Executive Assistant.

Mark Chater argues for radical reform of RE. Abbreviated from a keynote given to the Humanists UK RE conference, 28 November 2020.

Sept 2018: The initial parental complaint The complaint focused on the academy’s failure to comply with its Funding Agreement (FA) with the DfE (Department for Education) regarding provision of RE. A subsidiary...

With great sadness and affectionate memories, we share the news that Dr Bill Gent, Redbridge’s brilliant and much-loved RE adviser and a long-time supporter of RE Today and editor of our magazines REsource and...

What’s the problem with how we teach the Christmas story? It’s expected that Christmas and Easter, the two main Christian festivals, will appear on every long-term plan for RE for all year groups in the primary...

Does your school need to boost the teaching of the humanities? Dr Tony Eaude has been working with colleagues to promote primary humanities within the curriculum. NATRE has supported this vision, and recognises the need...

Since the Commission on Religious Education’s final report came out in autumn 2018, its vision and recommendations have been at the heart of discussions about the future of the subject. Should any readers of REtoday...

Nigel Genders is the Chief Education Officer for the Church of England. He spoke about transformation through education at the Head Teachers’ conference for the Diocese of Leicester. This perspective from within the...

Words, words, words. They assault our ears. Long ones, short ones. Teacher talking, children shouting. They can deafen us, they can distract us. Yet, they can soothe us and inspire us. Where do they come from and what...

Scripture Union, a charity that promotes the Bible, has published a new booklet to celebrate the faith of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. Copies – priced £1 for 10 – are available to schools from Scripture Union....

It is hardly a startlingly new insight to say that the process of learning is intrinsically bound up with memory and memorisation. We know this now, as have human beings and societies since the dawn of time (but how...

The Church of England consecrated the Right Reverend Libby Lane, 48, as Bishop of Stockport in front of more than 1000 people at York Minster earlier this year. REtoday interviewed her about her appointment.

In 1975 I began a PGCE at St John University in York (it was then the College of Ripon and York St John). Our tutor in RE Methodology was Terence Copley. In his first session with us he told us that we were not products...

Julie Grove marks the death of Professor John Hull last summer with a personal recollection. His unique contributions to RE made him a beloved figure to many readers of REtoday, and his work will continue to influence...

Mark Chater is the Director of the Culham St Gabriel’s Trust Baal and the Baals Baal is perhaps best known as the Canaanite deity whose prophets were confronted and defeated by Elijah in 1 Kings 18. In various forms,...