ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the nature of religion and its contested and constructed nature. With this as a background and an understanding of the messy nature of individual’s worldviews, the chapter argues that Religious Education can begin to recognise the lived reality of religion and worldviews in the lives of adherents. The chapter explores the importance of individuals’ worldviews and how they can be utilised within the classroom. It further suggests that the experience of religions that is given to pupils should be varied but also reflect the honesty of the different facets of the tradition and practice, beginning with the central beliefs and concepts of that religion. All of this is underpinned by subject knowledge of the highest standard, and openness to learning more on the part of the teacher.
