Resources referred to in the DAN Beginners Sample Curriculum Yrs 7-9
All About Faith, 1 & 2, Anne and Niall Boyle, Gill & Mcmillan, 2001
Teaching the Bible: a Manual of Teaching Activities, Maurice Ryan, Social
Science Press, 2001
Studying the Gospels, Maurice Ryan (ed.) Social Science Press, 2003
The Bible for Dummies, Jeffrey Geoghegan and Michael Homan, 2002
(ISBN: 978-0-7645-5296-0)
Teach yourself Philosophy of Religion, Mel Thompson Hodder and Stoughton,
1997/2003.
Thinking Through Religion, OUP 2000 pp 4-7
The Worlds of Religion, Nicholas Coleman, McGraw-Hill 1999
God Knows Who I Am, Robert Kirkwood, Hodder Arnold 1997, pp1 – 23
(Second hand copies obtainable from Amazon, Reprint available Term 4, 2009)
Introducing Eastern Philosophy (ICON books series), 2007
DVD: The Miracle Maker – The Story of Jesus, 2000
Videos: Testament: The Bible in Animation, from Christian Multi-media, PO Box
97, North Ryde, NSW 2670 (02) 9888 2511 include Creation & Flood, Moses,
Joseph, David & Saul etc
Additional resources referred to in notes:
DVD: Teaching Religion and Values through Art, Vardy, Arliss and Kirk (Wombat
Education Ld)
DVD: Teaching Philosophy of Religion, Peter Vardy (available from DAN)
DVD: Teaching the Bible, Peter Vardy & Julie Arliss (available from DAN)
DVD: Teaching World Religions (available from DAN)
Sophie’s World, Jostein Gaarder, Phoenix/Orion Books Ltd 1995
A selection of other recommended RAVE resources by Dr Felicity
McCutcheon
Introducing Series by Icon Books, UK (Philosophy, Ethics, World Religions,
Science, Maths, Shakespeare, etc)
World Religions
Living Buddhism: Stage 3, Produced by Clearvision UK, Supplied by Windhorse
books, Syd. 02 9519 8826
Philosophy/Religion/Ethics
DVD: Philosophy: A guide to happiness (with Alain de Botton), ABC 2004 (some
episodes available on utube)
Moral Problems: A coursebook for Schools and Colleges, Michael Palmer,
Lutterworth Press, Cambridge, 1991 (ISBN 0-7188-2791-0)
Exploring Ethics: Activity-centred teaching to develop thinking about Values,
Hayward, Jones and Mason, Aldridge Press, 2000 (ISBN 0 7195 7181 2)
Science and Religion – Exploring the creative interface [ed] R. Rivett, RE Today
Services, Christian Education Publications, Birmingham, 2003 (ISBN 1-90402442-4)
The Moral of the Story: An introduction to Ethics, 2nd Edition, Nina Rosenstand,
Mayfield Publishing Company, 1997 (ISBN 1-55934-648-5)
Philosophy through Film, Mary Litch, Routledge, 2002, (ISBN 0-415-93876-7)
Think. Simon Blackburn, OUP, Oxford, 1999 (ISBN 0-19-969087-1)
The Philosophy Gym, Stephen Law, (ISBN 2003, 0 7472 3268 7)
Philosophy of Religion for A Level, Jordan, Lockyer and Tate, Pub 1999, Stanley
Thomas Ltd, ISBN 0-7487-4339-1
Law’s Philosophy Website: www.thinking-big.co.uk
Access to Philosophy Series: Hodder and Stoughton
Religion and Science, Mel Thompson, 2000 ISBN 0 340 75771 X
Ethical Theory, Mel Thompson ISBN 0 340 72075 1
Environmental Ethics, Joe Walker ISBN 0 340 75770 1
Philosophy of Religion Peter Cole ISBN 0 340 72491 9
Spirituality
Essential Spirituality, Roger Walsh, 1999, John Wiley and Sons
Seeking Spirituality, Ronald Rolheiser, Hodder and Stoughton, 1998
The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers, 1988
Gravity and Grace, Simone Weil (see especially final section on ‘the great beast’
– social conformity, which detracts from truth and goodness). “Society is the
cave. The way out is solitude”.
Biblical
Videos: “Testament: The Bible in Animation”, from Christian Multi-media, PO Box
97, North Ryde, NSW 2670 (02) 9888 2511
Mythology
Greek mythology, interactive website: www.wingedsandals.com