Autumn 2020 e-resources

Magazine section: Opinion

External links

Article: 'It's all creation. And it's all blessed.' Interview with Bill McKibben

• Bill McKibben's keynote speech at Bioneers conference 2019. Watch 20 minutes from 4.40.
• Bill McKibben's website

Article: 'A dangerous race for eternal economic growth': interview with Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam

• 'Where do the children play?' video on YouTube
• The Peacetrain organisation website

Article: Activist Catholic parishes in the United States and Indonesian eco-jihad - Robin Veldman

• Veldman, R. (2019) The Gospel of Climate Skepticism (Oakland: University of California Press)
• Bron Taylor's website: research on religion and the environment
• Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology
• Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture (Equinox)
• Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture and Ecology (Brill)

Article: Who is responsible? Educating for ethical considerations of climate change - Laura D'Olimpio

• D'Olimpio, L. (2018) Media and Moral Education: A Philosophy of Critical Engagement (Abingdon: Routledge)
• Hand, M. (16 March 2018), article: ‘If we disagree about morality, how can we teach it?’ Psyche (Aeon)
• D’Olimpio, L. (13 March 2018), article: ‘We need to become global citizens to rebuild trust in our globalised world’, The Conversation (The Conversation Trust (UK) Ltd)

Article: A brief guide to the Book of Job - John Bimson

• Rage, Despair, Hope (dare2engage 2013) with illustrations by Si Smith depicting the story of Job, available from RE Today online shop

Magazine section: Classroom

External links

Article: Greener religion for infants? - Fiona Moss

• Big Myth website, educational site with myths and traditions from around the world about creation
• Story of Honi the circle maker and the Jewish festival of Tu Bishvat
• ‘Green Christians’ - websites for environment charities:
  • Operation Noah
  • Green Christian
  • A Rocha (International)
• Eco Church
• Ahimsa Dairy Foundation, and its ‘happy cows’

Article: Why aren’t there dinosaurs in the Bible? If God made everything, who made God?

• Faraday Kids website
• Bryant, S., Henderson, E. and Marshall, S. (illustrator)God Made Spaceand other titles in the God Made … series(Lion Hudson)

Article: Turning a vision for RE into reality - Matthew Lane

• Balanced RE
• RE Online
• Understanding Christianity

Article: L is for Lifestyle - Ruth Valerio

• Valerio, R. (2019 rev ed) L is for Lifestyle (London: IVP)
• Solidarity Institute: initiative in Brazil to tackle plastic pollution (Facebook page)
• Welcome Churches website: establishing a welcome for refugees in churches across the UK
• Time for God: Christian volunteering organisation
• Tearfund’s resources and reports about economic growth and environmental impact

Article: ‘Greening’ celebrations - Julia Diamond-Conway

• ‘Islam and Environment Protection’ article on EcoMENA website

Article: What does it look like to green a school from a Christian vision? - Imogen Lavelle and Tamsin Moore-Jaunaii

• Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’ (2015) in English
• Good Shepherd School Laudato Si’ manifesto

Article: 5 ways to teach climate change - David Kibble

• Blank world map template (with national borders)
• Drollette, D Jr (08 February 2019) ‘Hard numbers help visualize climate change. And it’s not pretty.’ Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: online articleincluding imagery about sea level rises following climate change (see also our ‘Big Picture’ section)

E-resource

• Expanded version of the article '5 ways to teach climate change'

Article: Positive Christian engagement with green issues - Dave Bookless

• Atewa forest in Ghana (A Rocha case study)
• Endangered primate (White-naped Mangabey) discovered in threatened Atewa Forest, Ghana
• A Rocha International website (and see above for A Rocha UK site and Eco Church section)
• Other organisations relating Christianity to environmental concerns:
  • Christian Climate Action
  • Lausanne/WEA Creation Care Network
• White, L., Jr. (1967), ‘The historical roots of our ecologic crisis’, Sciencejournal
• Mayhew Berman, M. (2018), ‘What would Jesus do? Talking with evangelicals about climate change’, The Guardian
• Hayhoe, D., et al. (2019), ‘Changing evangelical minds on climate change’, Environmental Research Letters (IOP Publishing)
• Church House Publishing (Church of England), Live Lent: Care for God’s Creation
• Valerio, R. (2019),Saying Yes to Life (SPCK Publishing)

Article: Looking for an argument? Developing pupils’ argumentation skills in environmental issues - Nigel Fancourt, Liam Guilfoyle and Jessica Chan

• OARS Education (Oxford Argumentation in Religion and Science)
• AQA (2018), GCSE Religious Studies A 8062/13-Paper 1: Christianity Mark Scheme
• Chan, J., Fancourt, N., & Guilfoyle, L. (2020), ‘Argumentation in religious education in England: an analysis of locally agreed syllabuses’, British Journal of Religious Education
• Erduran, S. (2020), ‘Argumentation in science and religion: match and/or mismatch when applied in teaching and learning?’, Journal of Education for Teaching
• Erduran, S., Guilfoyle, L., Park, W., Chan, J., & Fancourt, N. (2019), ‘Argumentation and interdisciplinarity: reflections from the Oxford Argumentation in Religion and Science Project’, Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research
• Toulmin, S. (1958), Uses of Argument (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)

Article: George Monbiot, sacred cows and fundamental change - Janet Orchard

• Monbiot, G. (2020), ‘Covid-19 is nature’s wake-up call to complacent civilisation’, The Guardian

Members Only

Article: When Greta Thunberg met Pope Francis

• Presentation: RE and climate justice - when Greta met the Pope
• Writing frame: record observations and reflections inspired by the image of Greta Thunberg and Pope Francis (classroom activity)
• A pdf of the article

Magazine section: Instant RE

External links:

Article: A Holy Land tour for RE teachers - Kirsty Martindale

• 2021 tour to the Holy Land

Article: Five tweets from the future

• ‘Baked Alaska’ from Riding Lights Theatre Company

Members Only

Article: Five tweets from the future

• Presentation: Tweets from the future, ready-to-learn idea for the classroom
• A pdf of the article

Article: If the Earth were only a metre in diameter ...

• Presentation: If the Earth were only a metre
• A pdf of the article

Magazine section: The Big Picture

External links:

Article: The Big Picture

• Strauss, B. (2015) ‘Images show impact of sea level rise on global icons’ Climate Central
• Climate Central has an extensive gallery with collections of graphics illustrating the historic and future effects of climate change, including Nickolay Lamm’s photorealistic recreations of the impact of rising sea levels

Members Only

• Presentation: Visual learning connecting climate change and spirituality
• A pdf of the article

Magazine section: Professional REflection

External links:

Article: Sacred landscapes and philosophical gardens: RE as a response to climate change - Jack Hunter

• Ipsos Mori (2019), ‘Concern about climate change reaches record levels with half now “very concerned”’
• WWF, (2018). ‘Our Living Planet Report’

Article: ‘Ah, now I see!’ Why the metaphors we use for ‘understanding’ in RE matter - Karen Walshe

• Nordquist, R. (2018), ‘Visual metaphor’ [Electronic resource]. ThoughtCo.

Article: Research update - Rachael Jackson-Royal, ed.

• In Parenthesis project
• Dr Ryan Mullins’ website and podcast

Article: Reviews - Janet Dyson, ed.

• Chater, M. (ed) (2020) Reforming RE. Power and Knowledge in A Worldviews Curriculum (Woodbridge: John Catt Educational Ltd)
• Robinson, E. (1977) The Original Vision: A Study of the Religious Experience of Childhood (Oxford: The Religious Experience Research Unit, Manchester College)

Magazine section: Staffroom

External links:

Article: Green religions? Perspectives from world faiths and viewpoints for your students

• Lawrence Krauss's lecture: 'A Universe From Nothing', AAI (Atheist Alliance International) 2009 on YouTube (Krauss starts from 2.10)
• Journeys with Miriam website (interactive workshops on Judaism for schools)
• Ishpal Kaur Dhillon’s website (Sikh contributor)
• Christian Climate Action website

Article: What is Ofsted saying about RE in England – and what can we learn from it? - Fiona Moss and Deborah Weston

• What are primary school inspection reports saying about religious education?
• What are secondary school inspection reports saying about religious education?

Article: Building the Future of Primary Religious Education - Linda Whitworth

• Teach:RE Primary – An Introduction. A self-study course designed for beginner teachers, NQTs and Primary HLTAs who have responsibility for teaching RE in their schools.
• The Toolkit, designed as a practical resource for anyone teaching RE to trainee teachers
• All Party Parliamentary Group on Religious Education (APPG)/Religious Education Council (REC) report (2013), ‘RE: The truth unmasked. The supply of and support for Religious Education teachers’
• NATRE (2018), ‘An analysis of the provision for RE in primary schools – Autumn Term 2018’
• NATRE (2019), ‘What are Ofsted inspectors saying about Religious Education? The first 101 reports that mention RE’
• Ofsted (2013), ‘Religious Education: realising the potential’

Magazine section: Events and resources

External links:

• Free, downloadable digital curriculum subject directory from the CfSA
• Francis Collins wins Templeton prize
• Sourcing local ITE providers to help with mentoring new RE teachers, or to access the support
• Book review: Howles, T, (2019) Responding faithfully to the environmental crisis (Cambridge: Grove Books)