Religious Education: Time for a new model RE

Philip Barnes: Religious education as currently practised is ill-equipped to promote either social cohesion or respect for others – We must stop teaching religion as if all faiths were equally true; to do so fails to equip young people for the choices they face in the world – How successful is British multifaith religious education in engaging the interest of pupils and in contributing to social cohesion? Religious educators and professional bodies such as the National Association of Teachers of Religious Education (NATRE) and the Religious Education Council of England and Wales frequently make claims that the British model of multifaith religious education is uniquely successful and that it could be fruitfully applied to other national contexts. A recent contributor to the official journal of NATRE has spoken of "Britain as a world leader in religious education in public schools". This view is echoed by the Religious Education Council in its latest… – (Source: guardian.co.uk)

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