If you’d like to know how to cater for a mixed faith gathering or why so many people today are vegetarians, help is at hand. For the first time ever, the Shap Working Party on Education in Religions has published its annual journal World Religions in Education directly on-line at www.shap.org (click on journals)– and the 2009 topic is Food, Faith and Community. This new e-journal includes a wide variety of free articles for teachers and others interested in learning more about religions and beliefs, with contributions from perspectives rarely found in conventional text books, for example Zoroastrian, Pagan, Bahá’i, Humanist, Orthodox Christian, as well as from the more familiar religions.

Also at www.shap.org: an audio-glossary of words from different traditions to help with pronunciation as well as definition; practical classroom ideas for primary teachers; the Shap advisory service; articles on topics from The Environment to Conflict and Reconciliation, from Diversity and Distinctiveness to Human Rights and Responsibilities…

Notes for editors

For more information about the 2009 e-journal Food, Faith and Community, please see http://www.shapworkingparty.org.uk/journals/articles_0910/editorial.pdf or contact marilyn.mason@virgin.net.

To contact any of the authors of articles in the e-journal, please contact marilyn.mason@virgin.net.

For more about the Shap Working Party on Education in Religions, contact Chair Clive Lawton at clive@clivelawton.co.uk.