a form of Christianity where someone identifies with Christian traditions, holidays, or values without actively believing in or practising the religion

where a religion is often inherited, communal, and tied to ancestry, culture, or peoplehood

a form of Judaism where Jews identify with Jewish culture, history, or ethnicity but do not follow all Jewish religious beliefs or practices

Living as a cultural Christian or Jew

Religious education

Identity: what's in a label?

Values as the new religion

Secularism: a desirable way of life?

Living well in a pluralist society

In this unit pupils will look in more depth at trends emerging from the census and other data. They will examine the work of Linda Woodhead and her assertion that society is increasingly constructed around values. They will consider cultural religion and the concept of secularism.

Identity: how does religion or belief look now and what might the future bring?

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

The head of state in England is also head of the ...

Which practice might a culturally Christian person still follow?

Some non-practising Christians may raise their children as ...

Sociology studies how people behave in ...

According to sociologists, the decline of religious influence has happened ...

According to Linda Woodhead, people increasingly align by {{}} rather than religion.

fewer people affiliate with organised religion

Living as a cultural Christian or Jew

Lesson outcome

Content guidance