Understanding Buddhism: A Guide for Teachers

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This book explores the beliefs and practices of Buddhism as a lived religion in the UK. Holt engages with Buddhist beliefs and practices and offers thematic areas for reflection to boost confidence and enable readers to go forward with confidence. Aspects of Buddhism explored include the concepts that form the central beliefs of Buddhism, and then the expression of these beliefs in worship, daily life, and the ethics of Buddhists in the modern day. Each chapter includes authentic voices of believers today and provides reflective tasks for the reader to consider the concepts and how they can be respected and taught and in the classroom. The book forms part of the Teaching Religions and Worldviews series of guides, each one designed to build teachers' confidence and expertise in teaching a different religion or worldview in the classroom..

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James D. Holt is Associate Professor of Religious Education at the University of Chester, UK.