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Articles
Ten Issues that Should Arise when Teaching Religion
Movies as a Tool in World Religions
A Conversation with My Neighbors: My response to the San Bernardino shootings.
Buddhist Iconography in the Upper School
Movies as a Tool in Teaching World Religions
Teaching About Silent Worship
Hinduism and a Smile
Beyond Buddha's Birth- Tales of Teaching Tibetan Buddhi
Teaching Religion not Whats, but the Whys and Hows
Life of Pi
Using Mahfouz in the Classroom: The Journey of Ibn Fattouma
Thinking about Food, Religion, and Sustainability
Engaging in Religion, Ethics, and Nature in Secondary Schools
Religion Teachers Update
Because Stories Matter
Creating Unity: Exploring Interfaith Dialogue
Events
World Religion Teachers at AAR
Denver, CO • November 16, 2018
Institute for Teaching World Religions
New York, NY • June 24-27, 2019
Books & Publications
This book is an excellent resource for secondary, college, or adult education students.
Webinars
Teaching Islam
with Amy Glenn
Teaching the Bhagavad Gita
with Amy Glenn
When People Ask You About Islam
with Amy Glenn
Teaching Buddhism
with Amy Glenn
Virtual Department
Please join our growing virtual department of religion teachers from across the nation for discussion and resource-sharing!
Group Facilitator
Brian Blackmore - Westtown School, PA
Please click here for more information.
About Virtual Department Meetings
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.
Consultation
CSEE offers unparalleled consultations that are unique to your school and your specific challenges. Available in-person, via phone and your computer.
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.
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.
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