Articles about Christianity
This article is for paying subscribers If the Earth were only a metre in diameter …
Read this poem (is it a poem?) aloud with your class, and then look at Amelia’s responses to it. She is 12.
This article is for paying subscribers THE BIG PICTURE The future of Miami – and our own cities
Show the picture to your pupils and ask them in pairs to discuss what it might show, and what the photo-artist might be thinking about. It is a ‘made up’ photo, by Nikolay Lamm, based on the prediction that global...
This article is for paying subscribers Sacred landscapes and philosophical gardens: RE as a response to climate change
The world is dealing with two huge crises at the moment. We have the immediate crisis caused by Covid-19 and the continuing ecological crisis caused by greenhouse gases, and we know that young people have increasingly...
This article is for paying subscribers Taking the problems seriously
I never enjoyed teaching the ‘environment’ bit of the GCSE course. It was just so bland, so uncontroversial, so anodyne. It was one of the most glaring examples of how the previous GCSE was so undemanding, and the...
This article is for paying subscribers Book review: Timothy Howles, Responding Faithfully to the Environmental Crisis: Christianity in the Time of the Anthropocene
This timely Grove publication explores how faith and prayer relate to social, cultural and political action in light of the climate emergency. Howles’ aim is to add the voice of Christian ethics to the discourse...
This article is for paying subscribers Research update
This research update is particularly useful for secondary school teachers as it focuses on resources for the A level and GCSE that are based on current research. The first article discusses the unique contributions...
This article is for paying subscribers 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...
This article is for paying subscribers Why aren’t there dinosaurs in the Bible? If God made everything, who made God?
Creation, environment, faith and science: planning for better RE with bigger ideas and diverse opinions.
This article is for paying subscribers Damn the syrup!
This article is for paying subscribers REVIEW: Father Paul’s War
This article is for paying subscribers REVIEW: Authentic Youth Bible
This article is for paying subscribers REWIEW: Postcard Sets by Leonie Marklew-Barrett
This article is for paying subscribers REVIEW: The Christmas Book
Rita Storey, Franklin Watts 2012, 45pp, hbk, £12.99. ISBN 978-1-4451-1056-1.
This article is for paying subscribers REVIEW: Christmas is Special
Anita Ganeri and Jennie Poh, Wayland 2013, 33pp, hbk, £10.99,
ISBN 978-0-7502-7704-4.
This article is for paying subscribers What’s the problem?
This article is for paying subscribers Planned improvement in RE through ‘Reading the Cathedral’
A year’s RE project with 12 schools in the Diocese of Exeter