Was there an 'Elizabethan Settlement' of religion? The issue of religion had been a long standing problem throughout Tudor England. For more than 60 years the two opposing beliefs struggled to dominate the realm depending on what the monarch believed in. Henry VIII initially al...

The issue of abortion has been very controversial throughout the years. This issue has been argued from ethical stands, human rights, religious beliefs and even politically. Efforts have been made legally, but it does not seem that a widespread compromise or settlement has been made that the majorit...

"The mythic origin of 'the country we now know as the United States' is at Plymouth Rock, and the year is 1620." James W. Loewen stresses this origin as mythic due to the fact that for thousands of years humans had inhabited the land now known as America. Loewen goes on to d...

The Nature of Religious Education. Religious Education is an area of the curriculum that often provokes many strong opinions. In this chapter, I propose to look more thoroughly at exactly what Religious Education is in relation to its history alongside its implications in the Key Stage 2 classroom....