Citizenship education is now a statutory part of the secondary school National Curriculum, and R.E. is one of the subjects through which it can be taught. This book has been written for student teachers and teachers who are looking for guidance.

Liam Gearon is Reader in Education and Director of the Centre for Research in Human Rights at the University of Surrey Roehampton.

Introduction- The City of God: Citizenship through Religious Education Part 1. Citizenship and Religious Education: Critical Contexts and Planning Issues 1. The Open Society and its Enemies: Citizenship and Religious Education 2. The Politics of Hell on Earth: Human Rights and Religious Education 3. Conflict in the Curriculum: Planning for Citizenship through Religious Education Part 2. Citizenship through Religious Education: Rights, Wrongs and Responsibilities 4. Genocide through Religious Education 5. Slavery through Religious Education 6. Asylum through Religious Education 7. Freedom of Expression through Religious Education 8. Freedom of Religion and Belief though Religious Education 9. Economic Rights, Environment Responsibilities: Sustainable Development through Religious Education 10. The Rights of Women through Religious Education 11. The Rights of Indigenous Peoples through Religious Education