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We asked people from inside different faiths to write an article about their identity from these eight questions. Consider your own answers to the questions – jot down some notes. Then read the examples on the next...

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...

As we write this, teachers are ‘working their socks off’ providing home learning in various forms for pupils as well as looking after disadvantaged pupils and pupils with key-worker parents. It has hardly been a...

In this article I have aimed to interpret the problem of evil from a secular perspective as an alternative to the standard theodicies, in light of the recent events of the pandemic we are currently faced with. The...

Trevor Cooling, Chair of the RE Council, predicts that the Commission on RE (CoRE) report will change the RE game in a worldviews direction for good.

There are continuing concerns about the time and focus given to the initial training of primary teachers in RE across all training routes (Ofsted 2013; APPG/REC 2013; CoRE 2018; NATRE 2018).

John Cox, Kevin Mayhew 2013,133pp, pbk, £12.99, ISBN 978-1-84867-589-6. It might sound hackneyed to label a book a ‘godsend’ but, as a newly appointed foundation governor, this release certainly proved more than...

Andrew Brannigan, Church of Ireland Publishing, 70pp, pbk, free, ISBN 978- 1-904884-41-5. www.cip.ireland.anglican.org This book is a free resource available online at www.familyfaith.co.uk or from selected booksellers....

Subhadramati, Windhorse 2013, 156pp, pbk, £10.99, ISBN 978-1-909314-01-6 www.windhorsepublications.com Subhadramati’s book is a practical and reflective, rather than academic, guide to ethics that will enable teachers...

Mark Chand, Alliance Publishing 2013, 323pp, pbk, £8.99, ISBN 978-0-9569992-5-2. www.alliancepublishingpress.com This is a beautifully written and moving novel based on a true story of the life of Catholic Monks in post...

Nick Page, Claire Page, Liza Hoeskma, Bible League International 2013, 1401pp, £14.99, ISBN 978-1-86024-818-4. https://store.bibleleague.org If you have been waiting for a more relevant, accessible Bible, this could be...

Jason Quinn, illus. Sachin Nagar, Campfire 2013, 210pp, pbk, £8.99, ISBN 978-93-80741-03-1. www.campfire.co.in This is a beautifully produced graphic ‘novel’ (in fact autobiography) told in Gandhi’s own words, as...

University of Nottingham, 2012, 43pp plus DVD and photocards, free from Nick Baron [email protected] or Peter Gatrell [email protected] This pack provides teachers with all the resources they...

Series ed. Stephen Pett, RE Today Services 2014, 32pp, pbk, £9.90, ISBN 978-1-905893-86-7. Another fantastic offering from the Essential RE series, designed for use with students aged 11–16, this easy-to- use and...

ed. Stephen Pett, RE Today Services 2013, 33pp, pbk, £9.90, ISBN 978-1905893775. The need to explore the concept of God is a fundamental basis for any successful RE and here is a resource containing everything the busy...

Nurdan Damla, illus. Osman Turhan, Goodword Books 2014, 360pp, hbk, $14 (£8.37), ISBN 978-81-7898-833-7. www.goodwordbooks.com

Postcard packs from www.christians-art- cards.co.uk, £4–£5 per set. Gallery at www.leonie-marklew.net These seven sets of postcards illustrate key scenes, symbols and ideas from the Christian scriptures and...

Storybag: Stories of The Lost Articles of Faith, grey/green cloth storybag with 23 wooden pieces, comprising figures, animals and contextual props, with 10pp booklet, £54.00, catalogue code: 4-GPLOST.
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Rita Storey, Franklin Watts 2012, 45pp, hbk, £12.99. ISBN 978-1-4451-1056-1.

Anita Ganeri and Jennie Poh, Wayland 2013, 33pp, hbk, £10.99,
ISBN 978-0-7502-7704-4.