Lives That Made a Difference: An Rsme Book for Schools

Written by an experienced teacher, Lives That Made a Difference is an ideal resource for RSME: Religious, Social and Moral Education. Avoiding any attempt to make facile claims about the relationship between religion, life and morality, the author leaves it to the reader to make their own assessment of how religious faith (in particular Christianity) has historically impacted on the social and moral lives of individuals or societies, directly or indirectly, for better or for worse. For this reason, the book's descriptive, open-ended approach will have a guaranteed appeal across a range of backgrounds, from the religious to the secular.While believers will find the book providing much food for thought that is both instructive and challenging, non-believers can see it in a more secular light, studying the endeavours of diverse individuals to the making of a better, more just and more humane world. Pupils of all backgrounds can come away with a clearer, more sympathetic understanding not only of the needs of humanity, but of its worst excesses through various forms of injustice, exploitation, cruelty, and inhumanity. Learning how these needs and excesses have been answered by courageous leadership from inspired individuals is arguably at the heart of all moral education.Those wishing to pursue further study at the level of religious philosophy and ethics, say, will find a useful introduction to these fields through Lives distinguished for their leadership in advancing religious, philosophical and ethical understanding. Taken as a whole, this book simply tries to show how some people have been able to stand out from the mainstream and make a significant difference to the social, moral and spiritual development of societies and individuals, leading to a better, more enlightened world.PJ Clarke is a retired teacher with many years experience in UK schools. A graduate of Louvain University in Belgium, and England's Lancaster University, he has written three other educational books for A level studies in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics. When not travelling, he enjoys fishing and golf.http://SBPRA.com/PJClarke