Christianity Through Art
A Resource for Teaching Religious Education Through Art
Published on 30. October 2009
Book
Mixed media product
80 pages
978-1-85175-382-6 (ISBN)
Description
Christianity Through Art explores key concepts within Christianity, including: Harvest; Advent and Christmas; Easter; Pentecost; Church; Prayer; Worship; Eucharist; Preaching; the Bible; Spirituality; Faith; Hope, Love, Sin and forgiveness; Faith in action; Caring for the world; the Global family; Baptism; Marriage; and, Death. It offers 24 large colour prints of a variety of works of art in different media (painting, sculpture, engraved glass, woven cloth, etc.), which have been chosen to reflect the global nature of Christianity. The resource can be used in RE to explore both learning about and learning from Christianity, and as part of spiritual, moral and cultural development. "Christianity Through Art" is designed to use with children aged 7-14 (Years 3-9).
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Canterbury Press Norwich
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Dimensions
Height: 420 mm
Width: 297 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85175-382-6 (9781851753826)
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Margaret Cooling has taught both primary and secondary pupils and has written over forty books on various aspects of RE and collective worship. She is a part-time lecturer at the University of Gloucestershire and a freelance trainer and writer who works for schools, education authorities, dioceses, churches and other organisations.