The RE Podcast

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!
To celebrate the first Jewish Culture Month,  I invite Anna Silver onto the podcast to talk about diversity in Judaism. To find out more about Jewish Culture Month, go to;
https://jewishculturemonth.org.uk/
Anna Silver is Education Officer at the Board of Deputies of British Jews and she is a wealth of knowledge on this topic.
We discuss;
Mistakes when teaching Judaism;
The interplay of culture, ethnicity and nationality with Jewish identity
Ideological diversity in Judaism 
Messianic Judaism
Clarification on holy texts
It is a rich conversation that I hope will support your teaching of authentic and diverse Judaism.
https://jewishmuseum.org.uk/schools/in-the-classroom/inclusive-judaism/

Support the show
Find out more;
Twitter: @TheREPodcast1
Insta: @TheREPodcast
Webiste: www.therepodcast.co.uk

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!
Calling all students of AQA GCSE RE!
So Paper 2 is on Wednesday, what are the last minute things you can do tonight to make sure you are ready for your last RE exam?
First of all, don't worry, you've got this.
But let's quickly go through what to expect in the paper, how to answer each type of question, some key concepts, some power quotes and some advice for timing!
GOOD LUCK from the RE Podcast!
Support the show
Find out more;
Twitter: @TheREPodcast1
Insta: @TheREPodcast
Webiste: www.therepodcast.co.uk

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!
Calling all students of AQA GCSE RE!
So Paper 1 is tomorrow, what are the last minute things you can do tonight to make sure you are ready for your first RE exam?
First of all, don't worry, you've got this.
But let's quickly go through what to expect in the paper tomorrow, how to answer each type of question, some key concepts, some power quotes and some advice for timing!
GOOD LUCK from the RE Podcast!

Support the show
Find out more;
Twitter: @TheREPodcast1
Insta: @TheREPodcast
Webiste: www.therepodcast.co.uk

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!
Questionning is at the very heart of who we are as humans as well as the RE classroom.  Following on from my chat with Joe Kinnaird about his new book; Secondary Religious Education in Action, we delve deep into his chapter on questionning.  This follows a brilliant talk he gave on this topic at Strictly 2026.
We look at what makes a good question, how to develop a questionning culture in your classroom, how to deal with 'I don't know' responses and disciplinary questionning and much much more.
Joe suggested three places to find our more about questioning; 
https://walkthrus.co.uk/
https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/products/tips-for-teachers-400-ideas-to-improve-your-teaching-book-craig-barton-9781915261472?sku=GOR012775498&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17428061960&gbraid=0AAAAADZzAIB_X2fZbklVC41wEpoZ8vE4H&gclid=CjwKCAjw5NvPBhAoEiwA_2egfrEtqlutMmcKJqYgJzHERrOlvxHzBA96-aH-57uJj2Xdi-LNMvk1zxoCdj8QAvD_BwE
https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/products/powerful-questioning-book-michael-chiles-9781785835964?sku=GOR013137016&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=19554086773&gbraid=0AAAAADZzAICeyYOLa4w-8GHZNK9_lm8QW&gclid=CjwKCAjw5NvPBhAoEiwA_2egfuwijmAHVumThh9NOjyxi1_JtcM_4HfsDQLCSssHO3AA1725DWl48RoC9WsQAvD_BwE
Support the show
Find out more;
Twitter: @TheREPodcast1
Insta: @TheREPodcast
Webiste: www.therepodcast.co.uk

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!
In this episode I talk to Farouk Peru about Quranism.  I must admit, I didn't know what a Quranist was until the lovely Ruth Marx connected me with Farouk so it is always lovely to learn something new!
We discuss what a Quranist is, and the use of 
A - Application of the Qura'n
R - Refutation of criticisms
C - Conversation
We look at how being a Quranist influences practices like prayer and festivals and their take in orthodoxy and orthopraxy (correctness of beliefs and practices), and what methods they use to determine scholarship, as well as the role of Muhammad and the Hadith.
We look at Islamic law and how Qur'anists repond to some laws that have been interpretted harshly by some.
We are always interested in diversity so we look at variations within quranism, even though it is quite a modern trend in Islam.
Finally we look to the future - where is Quranism going?
I hope you learn as much as I did from Farouk.
Support the show
Find out more;
Twitter: @TheREPodcast1
Insta: @TheREPodcast
Webiste: www.therepodcast.co.uk