This is Book 2 of a set of 3 designed to address Objective 2 (The Christian Church) of the Core Syllabus for CCEA Religious Education at Key Stage 3.

Main features:

> All areas of new syllabus covered

> Colourful and well-illustrated

> Lively and informative text

> Lots of activities

> Development of Skills and Capabilities, and Learning for Life and Work strands.

The authors cover all the important areas in a fresh and engaging way, encouraging pupils to explore issues from their own perspective and based on their own experience. A wide variety of stimulating activities are included, which will capture students’ interest, heighten their understanding, and help them to become active learners. Each activity is designed to develop one or more of the Skills and Capabilities, and Learning for Life and Work strands, and icons appear beside the activity to show which skills are being addressed. As well as being useful for the teacher, this will also encourage students’ awareness of, and involvement in, their personal development of these skills.

This book is supported by a resource CD with ISBN 9781904242864.

Contents:

THE EARLY CHURCH

The Holy Spirit

The Trinity

Pentecost

Prejudice and discrimination

Persecution of the Church

An outline of Church history

The modern Church

THE CHURCH THROUGH THE AGES

The Celtic Church

Saint Patrick

The Reformation

Martin Luther

Eighteenth and nineteenth-century

Christian outreach and social reformers

William Wilberforce

William Booth

The Church in the twentieth century

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Martin Luther King Jr

Archbishop Oscar Romero

Corrie ten Boom

Mother Teresa

Pope John Paul II

THE CHURCH TODAY

Vocation

Maud Kells

Dr Bill Woods

Jackie Pullinger

Tolerance and harmony

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Christians today

Faith

GLOSSARY