Guidelines Archive
Right to divide? Faith schools and community cohesion
“Discussions, dialogues and debates on the role of faith schools and their effect on community cohesion often create more heat than light. Runnymede first intervened in this area 27 years ago;1 and the debate still rages on today. For this … Continue reading
Handbook: Beyond Difference: Towards Tolerance and Dialogue between Christianity and Islam in Bulgaria.
“Developed in the framework of the “Tolerance and Understanding: Our Muslim Neighbors in Europe” project the handbook “Beyond Difference. Towards Tolerance and Dialogue between Christianity and Islam in Bulgaria” is the final product of the project implementation inThe handbook is … Continue reading
Interfaith calendar
“Primary sacred times for world religions.” (Retrieved on September 8, 2008 from http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/2008.htm).
Exploring ultimate questions
“How can ultimate questions confronting humanity be explored effectively at key stage 3? Staff at William Farr had been seeking for an inspirational way to introduce philosophy and religious ethics in RE. The key concept of meaning, purpose and truth … Continue reading
KS3 Attainment: Raising Aspirations
“Synopsis: A look at one secondary school’s use of aspirational targets, focusing on an English lesson and an RE lesson that utilise teaching resources from the Sport Relief 08 fundraising campaign. Schools standard adviser Val McGregor pays a visit to … Continue reading
KS 3/4 RE Teaching RE to Muslim Students: Studying Buddhism
“Synopsis: Find out how RE teacher approaches the study of Buddhism with a Year 8 class of mainly Muslim pupils. Azam Ali is head of RE at Challenge College in Bradford where most pf the students are Muslim. The majority … Continue reading
Facilitators Tools: Interfaith Dialogue on the Shared Value of Service
These guidelines are designed to help the facilitator in encouraging the participants to discover the shared value of service across different religious traditions. Participants are also invited to grow in their own faith identities, learning how to talk about what … Continue reading
Building Good Relations with People of Different Faiths and Beliefs
Short guidelines for inter religious encounter and dialogue. Printed on A5 card and suitable for group and classroom discussion use.
Dialogue, Conflict and Religious Education in Norway
The Survey was conducted with pupils and teachers from several Norwegian cities and it included 6 schools and 707 pupils. Pupils were asked about the importance of religion for young people and about religion in life and school, while the … Continue reading
Connect: Different Faiths, Shared Values
The levels of interfaith activity in the UK are rising fast and people are becoming more aware of other faiths around them. The aim of Connect is to challenge young people to take on interfaith activities for themselves, becoming more … Continue reading