The study of religion is going through a fundamental rethink in schools and universities in Britain. Courses in biblical studies and examination of single religious traditions are making way for “worldviews”, exploring the worldviews underpinning the way people make meaning in their lives.
- Professor Douglas Davies, Durham University
- Dr Kathryn Wright, CEO of Culham St Gabriel’s Trust
- Dr Tim Hutchings, University of Nottingham
- Deborah Weston, chair of the policy unit for the Religious Education Council and NATRE
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Report: Time to explore the ‘Worldviews’ underpinning the iceberg of religion
“The destiny factor can either be afterlife, in paradise, in heaven, or in transmigration, for example, or the destiny can be in seeing your descendants”
-Professor Davies
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