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Book SynopsisW Owen Cole, has had a distinguished career in Religious Education, and has a world-wide reputation as a distinguished commentator on multifaith issues and practice, as well as on Sikhism. He has written -- on his own and in conjunction with others many well received books, continually used in teaching from primary to tertiary education, including: Six World Faiths (Continuum); Religious Education in the Primary Curriculum: Teaching Strategies and Practical Activities (with Judith Evans Lowndes; Religious and Moral Education Press); Six Religions in the Twenty First Century (with Peggy Morgan; Stanley Thornes); Spirituality in Focus (Heinemann); Hinduism (with Hemant Kannitkar, Heinemann); Understanding Sikhism (Dunedin Academic Press); The Sikhs: Their Religious Beliefs & Practices (with Piara Singh Sambhi; Sussex Academic Press). Owen Cole sets out on his journey towards a multifaith world view detailing his encounters with the Indo Pakistan subcontinent and the UK and those individuals -- Sikh, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish and Christian -- who were to shape his thinking and educational stances. This book is required reading for those who have benefited from Owen Cole's previous books, educators involved in multi-faith issues and questions associated with faith schools and school worship, and all those who enjoy biography at its sharpest.
Trade Review"What comes across strikingly is the unswerving faithfulness to his background and to his guiding insights. It is expressed over and over again in meeting creatively the challenges of changing circumstances and it is this that will inspire readers. Owen remains a 'Bradford nonconformist'and one whose commitment is to respecting and nurturing the cultures and consciences of all." Eleanor Nesbitt, The Friend, 23 October 2009
Table of ContentsForeword by Charanjit K Ajit Singh; Preface; Introduction; Setting Out; Getting There; National Service & Beyond; Harlow; Newcastle; Leeds; Setting foot in the Subcontinent; Pakistan; Back to India; Return to Leeds; Chichester; India Revisited; Patiala; Return to Chichester; At End is My Beginning; Glossary.
