For years I was a member of the National Teachers Committee for RE set up by CEM – then the body for RE professionals. Since 11.9.2001 (also my 60th birthday, )I have been very concerned that the role good Open RE in schools could play in building an open, inclusive and tolerant society was being seriously underestimated. As a result I wrote the following paper and sent copies to leading Lib Dem and some Labour politicians as a result of the initial encouragement I received from our MP David Heath. I received several encouraging responses and finally have been in touch in 09 with David Laws MP the Lib Dem responsible for schools and curriculum policy in the party.
A Personal attempt to make some sense. Ethics, Experience, Education, Politics, Poetry, Religion
