How will these resources help you?

A-level Specifications for Religious Studies often have units within them that tackle questions around the nature of religion and the variety of disciplines that can be applied to study it, but this has not always translated down to the curriculum for younger years. Recent national conversations have, however, opened up this area for debate. For example, the Ofsted review in 2021 showed the importance of disciplinary knowledge and the 2018 Core report states that: ‘Religion as a category is a crucial object of study.’ This list aims to help teachers to explore the theme of religion ‘as a category’, as well as to discover some key thinkers who have influenced how people view religion within their disciplines and beyond. The list starts with an academic conversation appropriate for teacher knowledge and then progresses into student resources for KS3 and above to engage with.