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Religious education (RE) in English and Welsh church secondary schools is both a rigorous academic discipline and an opportunity to make a powerful contribution to pupils’ spiritual development. Often it is the academic rigour that is prioritised in school, embedded in the curriculum, researched and measured.
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Casson, A. (2019). Religious Education: A Creative Time and Space for Spiritual Development. In: Buchanan, M., Gellel, AM. (eds) Global Perspectives on Catholic Religious Education in Schools. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6127-2_41
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