Religion Links

The Grade 6 curriculum includes an introduction to major religions of the world. This unit emphasizes the characteristics of each religion noting similarities and differences among them. For the purposes of this unit, and because of time constraints, we will limit our study to Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The following websites are made available for the purposes of locating information about the specific religions we cover. They represent the most comprehensive as well as the most neutral and unbiased sources of information we could locate.

The first website expresses a philosophy about learning religion:

“Religious inquiry is something that nearly all humans share in common. In all corners of the world and in all eras of history, people have wondered about the meaning of life, how to make the best of it, what happens afterwards, and if there is anything or anyone "out there.” Our only "value statements" are these: (1) religion is interesting; (2) knowledge is good.”

Religion Facts

http://www.religionfacts.com/index.html

BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/