ABSTRACT
The world religions movement, as it is sometimes called, is one major influence upon the curriculum development of religious education. The name is unfortunate. It suggests that battle lines are drawn up with Christianity or evangelism on one side and the world religions on the other. Commitment is of prime value and importance to a religious person and also to a Humanist or Marxist. All these faiths have their martyrs for the truth as they have perceived it. To exclude commitment from the classroom would seem to be an act of emasculation. However, in education there are appropriate and inappropriate ways of expressing and examining it. The Humanist question seems to be confined to attitudes and materials, the open recognition that there are those who accept a naturalistic interpretation of human existence and the need for adequate teaching-aids. The latter Humanists must be prepared to provide.
