Woolf Institute: ‘Living in Harmony’ and ‘Gender in the Religious Experience’
February 2025
Arguably there is no better time for teachers of Secondary School aged pupils to be looking at resources focusing on Living in Harmony and Gender in the Religious Experience.
The ‘Living in Harmony’ resources began as a research project considering how various faith communities have lived together over centuries in the Middle East, fostering and facilitating the borrowing, adapting and integrating of traditions into a shared local culture. It explored how, in diaspora, cultural sharing carries on.
A series of materials have been created for secondary schools, but also useful to others for subject knowledge, exploring how Jews, Muslims and Christians have lived alongside and learned from one another throughout history. There are videos, written content and activities which teachers can place into their own lessons or use the fully prepared lesson plans. The resources are focused across three areas
- Music and Interfaith Encounter
- Architecture and Interfaith Encounter
- Science and Interfaith Encounter
Find out more and register to use these resources.
The resources in the ‘Gender in the Religious Experience’ were developed from a research project on Religious Sisterhood: Encounters of Gender, Religion and Belonging Today. The resources include video interviews interspersed with videos from social media, and accompanied by discussion guides and lesson plans, all exploring gendered dimensions of various aspects of religious life from diverse viewpoints and lived experiences of Christians, Jews, and Muslims. The resources are made up of video interviews interspersed with videos from social media accompanied by discussion guides and lesson plans and are organised across 4 areas
- Marriage and Divorce
- Gender and Scripture
- Gender and Covering
- Gender in Religious Space and Leadership
Find out more and register to use these resources.
Scholars from the Woolf Institute are also available to visit your school to talk about the topics covered in these two sets of materials.