Dealing with worldviews in religious education

Figures & data

Figure 1. Generic display of typical topical structures in denominational RE.

Legend: RP = religious perspective; SP = secular perspective; PDL = perspective of daily life; PSD = perspective of students’ concepts

Table 1. Functions of topical codes.

Topical Code	Function	Example
Religious perspective	Intra-denominational	Exploring the five pillars of Islam
	Inter-denominational	Comparing Christian and Buddhist perspectives on mankind
Secular perspective	Scientific contextualisation	Exploring the geographical environ-ment of Jesus’ mission
	Scientific support	Learning about the display of heaven and hell in modern art
	Alternative perspective	Comparing Christian and humanist perspectives on mankind
Perspective of daily life	Stimulation	Looking for moral attitudes in a clip from ‘The Simpsons’
	Support	Reconstruction Christian morals in a clip from ‘The Simpsons’
Per. of students’ concepts	Stimulation	Individual definition of the term human being
	Individual positioning	Making one’s own mind up in regard of both religious and secular perspectives on mankind