ITEMS OF INTEREST August 8, 2005 Issue

ITEMS OF INTEREST

with contributions from Marke Andrews, Lakendra Lewis, Jennifer Cousins

"THE EVENTS IN LONDON [on July 7] led many people to reach for their mobile phones or turn on the television. But the chairman of Worcestershire's advisory group on religious education says many will have turned to God too.

"... educating our children about tolerance and faith is as important as ever. Many children will have struggled to understand last Thursday's events and asked questions after coming home from school ...

"Schools themselves will have needed to find answers to those difficult questions. Religious education has changed a great deal in the last couple of decades—since the emphasis on Biblical teaching was deemed too narrow.

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