ABSTRACT
World religions have introduced an added dimension—Sikhs or Jews and their beliefs and practices. When the teacher reaches Christian prayer the lapsed Catholic is likely to defend kneeling against the lapsed Methodist who says it is not necessary. It is equally important that the multi-faith school should make their participation possible and encourage it, something which is unlikely to happen unless pupils learn about the faiths which are represented in the school. Dialogue is likely to take place when pupils at fifth- or sixth-form level examine concepts of God or beliefs about death and whether anything lies beyond it. The Religious Education Council and the Standing Conference on Inter-Faith Dialogue in Religious Education are indicative of the feeling that in the multi-faith United Kingdom of the late twentieth century issues are inter-faith rather than inter-denominational.
