Teaching the World's Religions Resources - Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education

Many educators in CSEE focus areas are in a "department of one" at their schools (ie. the only service learning director, the only world religions teacher). Virtual Department Meetings are an opportunity for these educators to connect with their peers in other independent schools, to talk shop and to share ideas. These meetings are free for CSEE members, $100 per year for non-members, and will take place periodically throughout the year, with different themes.

Specific Religious Traditions

For resources specific to one religious tradition, please see the following:

Buddhism Christianity Hinduism

Islam Judaism Sikhism

Other Traditions World Religions Religion & Ecology

Consultation

CSEE offers unparalleled consultations that are unique to your school and your specific challenges. Available in-person, via phone and your computer.

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Recordings & Podcasts

Islam & Modernity: Issues for the Classroom

From the pillars of Islam to zakat to Muslim ethics, Dr. Afsaruddin describes how the Qur’an and hadith instruct Muslims to live. She explains religious tolerance, community, personal struggle, and justice and mercy from her moderate Muslim perspective.

See our current list of recorded webinars (for members).

Videos

What Do You Believe? The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers

This 52 minute documentary is one of the best resources we know for stimulating discussions with teens about issues of inter-religious understanding and being a teen with a spiritual life.

Links to External Sites

Religion and Ethics Newsweekly (PBS) has set itself apart from the mainstream media by providing distinctive, cutting-edge news coverage and analysis of national and international events in the ever-changing religious world. Hosted by veteran journalist Bob Abernethy and produced by Thirteen/WNET New York, the acclaimed one-of-a-kind TV show examines religion's role -- and the ethical dimensions -- behind top news headlines.
The Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding is a New York-based resource for issues of peacemaking and religious diversity in workplaces, schools, and health care.
Forum on Religion and Ecology offers extensive resources and readings on how the world's main religious traditions show respect for the earth.
The Association of Religion Data Archives provides user-friendly tools for the exploration of social science data and research on religion (scores of traditions and sects), spirituality and ethics.
The School for Ethical Education (SEE), in Milford, Connecticut, supports strategies to put ethics in action to develop positive character through programs that include service learning, academic integrity, essay writing for character education with laws of life for character-based decision making.
The Institute on Religion and Civic Values specializes in advancing knowledge about world religions and cultures.
The Pluralism Project's mission is to help Americans engage with the realities of religious diversity through research, outreach, and the active dissemination of resources.
Religious Studies in Secondary Schools (RSISS) is a coalition of public and private secondary school teachers committed to the idea that education is not complete without the academic study of the world's religious traditions and the ethical values, literatures, and cultures so inextricably linked to them.