ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how 'seeing what is true and holy in others' can be a framework for interreligious education. Some scholars argue that human beings are inherently spiritual before receiving any instructions from a tradition or belief system. There are countless aspects to the work of education, but one of the most fundamental is to awaken the students' faculties. Sport develops socialising skills as well as physical coordination. Mathematics develops the powers of abstraction and accurate observation. Poetry develops sensibility not only to words but also to the range of emotions and images. The term 'holy' is explicitly religious. It comes from the Old English halig that derives its meaning from Hebrew, Greek and Latin. Many students may be strongly linked to a religious tradition or to a spirituality not linked to any tradition, or not identify as spiritual at all.
