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Faiths and Further Education:A Handbook62This is an extract from an article by Dr Fatma Amer, for the Churchof England Newspaper (June 2005):Within the Muslim community, provision for spiritual and religiouscare used to be ( and still is, to a large extent) provided mostly bylay people, in many cases on a voluntary basis. The community hascome to feel the need for provision of professionals who areequally competent in their professional skills as well as theiracademic and theoretical qualifications. Hence, the introduction… .in 2002 of certified training courses in order to provide Muslimchaplains as part of its duty towards the wider society at large aswell as its immediate circle. The certificated course should be theminimum standard or any practising Muslim chaplain.63This is an extract from a contribution by Jay Lakhani from a Hinduperspective to the recent paper on 14-19 education,Taking YoungPeople Seriously (NEAFE, 2005):‘Religious Pluralism’ is a theme not yet fully understood by manytheologians, who mistake it for ‘relativism’. Pluralism is an aspectwe have explored at length with many youngsters from manydifferent faiths and no-faith backgrounds. The need to reconciletruth claims of many religions is a must if we are to expect theyouth of today to treat religious teachings seriously. Hinduism withits inherent pluralistic approach is well geared to tackle this issue.How spirituality can be usefully tapped through theisticapproaches and how it can also be tapped into through nontheisticapproaches including the approach of science, makesreligious teachings relevant, interesting and exciting.64This an extract from the Scottish educationalist Herman (2002,p.65):We are born to make to make moral judgments, just as we are bornwith a mouth to eat and eyes to see. Moral reasoning (‘what he didwas good, what she did was bad’) is a natural human faculty, but itdiffers from other kinds of reasoning, such as judging distances oradding up columns of numbers. It is expressed through ourfeelings and emotions. The most important is love, particularlylove for others, which is the starting point of all morality.65You may choose your own extracts and add them to the space inthe back for further notes.“To be frank, I was a sceptic. It was the principal’s idea,and I have no religion. But I have to admit, I’m aconvert – not to religion but to chaplaincy! Today’sstudents seem to really like it, and it keeps some ofthem on track.” (Vice-principal)
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Page 1 and 2: Faiths and FurtherEducation:A Handb
Page 3 and 4: Contentspage numberPreface 03Forewo
Page 5 and 6: 03PrefaceThis Handbook has been dev
Page 7 and 8: 05How to Use this HandbookSections
Page 9 and 10: 07IntroductionThe case for reviewin
Page 11 and 12: 09Chaplaincy in Today’s Colleges:
Page 13 and 14: 11Models of college chaplaincy prov
Page 15 and 16: Roles, College Ethosand Spiritualit
Page 17 and 18: 15Some Perspectiveson Chaplaincy30T
Page 19 and 20: 17The chaplain’s role• The chap
Page 21 and 22: 19Spirituality …Well, yes, but wh
Page 23: 21The student’s interaction with
Page 27 and 28: 25Constructing yourown Role in the
Page 29 and 30: 27Working with StaffTeam meetings82
Page 31 and 32: 29Festivals89Important religious fe
Page 33 and 34: 31Chaplaincy and Partnerships96Look
Page 35 and 36: Organising andManaging the Chaplain
Page 37 and 38: 35Action point:• Find a copy of y
Page 39 and 40: 37From working group to multi-faith
Page 41 and 42: 39Self-assessment and personal deve
Page 43 and 44: 41The Policy Context133This short s
Page 45 and 46: 43Other Forms of Chaplaincy145In ad
Page 47 and 48: 45Publications159The Churches Natio
Page 49 and 50: 47Annex A:Membership of the LSC and
Page 51 and 52: 49Annex C:ReferencesGukuru, G. and
Page 53 and 54: 51Committee of management: procedur
Page 55 and 56: 53Annex E:Example of a Service Leve
Page 57 and 58: 55Appendix to Annex EProvision of S
Page 59 and 60: 57Annex G:Sample College Chaplaincy
Page 61 and 62: 59• partnerships with local commu
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