General introductions to religious studies:

• Religion Today, an introduction to key themes and issues in the modern study of religion.
• Our light-hearted, 60 second introduction to religious studies cartoons, narrated by David Mitchell - religion as social control, religion as a mother, religion as a virus and religion as ritual.

Issues of religious diversity and identity:

• Veiling: Tradition, Identity and Fashion explores a range of perspectives on veiling, and the complexity of religious identity.
• We also have our more substantial Religious Diversity: Rethinking Religion course, which explores the variety of religion (and within religious traditions) in the UK today.

On the modern history of religion:

• Religious Change in the 1960s looks at the ways in which contemporary spirituality was shaped by the changes of a revolutionary decade.

• Regina Jonas: The First Female Rabbi is an important and controversial story about religion and gender.

Our 360 degree videos Exploring Religion in London offer guided tours around Westminster Cathedral; the Redeemed Christian Church of God; St Paul’s Cathedral; Bevis Marks Synagogue; Neasden Temple; East London Mosque; and the Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara, each introduced by a leading member of their community. The videos can help show comparisons and contrasts between major traditions, while also emphasising the importance of religion as it is lived.

Try some podcasts from the Religious Studies Project with these introductory playlists on religion and gender, non-religion, new religious movements, the sociology of religion, and more.

We have created an independent study pack for Key Stage 5 students on Christianity and climate change. The activities introduce the key debates of religious environmentalism, and equips students with key knowledge about climate change. Students also learn about the internal diversity within religious traditions, with a multitude of perspectives and interpretations that are constantly shifting.

The RETOPEA (Religious Toleration and Peace project) website has curated hundreds of sources on religious diversity in past and present - everything from the treaty of Westphalia to how the footballer Mohammed Salah is changing the way Muslims are seen in Liverpool, and beyond. Our new online course Young people and religion: creative learning with history is designed to help educators use these resources to run workshops in which groups of young people create their own short videos, reflecting on their own experiences of religious diveristy.