Posted: Jun 20, 2015 9:16 am
Calilasseia wrote:I'd frame the discussion in terms of the core assertions each religion presents, and then showing how many of those core assertions have features in common.
Yeah, I've currently got a table with the four major religions on it, and categories down the side, such as "place of worship, holidays, religious practices, noun for a person, key figures, god, afterlife, etc." The plan atm (since I can't find any videos that aren't either preaching or slagging off religion) is that each group will read about a different religion, make notes that summarize it and then tell this information to the other groups who will use it to fill in their table. I just don't have any decent texts to use yet. I just need a decent impartial website that has summaries of each religion. The BBC have it, but each religion is split into loads of sections.
Just to be clear, it's not my job to teach them about the religions, it's to give them the language to talk about religions and religious belief in general.