The first in a new series of books for religious education in Catholic secondary schools has received the endorsement of the Catholic Education Service (CES) for the new academic year.
Source to Summit, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), is a series designed for key stage three, ages 11-14, of the new Religious Education Directory launched by the CES in January.
Edited by RE teacher Andy Lewis, the series “mirrors the structure of the new curriculum, with a narrative telling the central story of Catholicism from creation to the Church of today”.
The CES has endorsed the first textbook, for year seven, and it has also received an imprimatur, Church permission for religious books which confirms that nihil obstat – “nothing obstructs” – its publication.
Mr Lewis, deputy head of St Bonaventure’s School in east London, said that the new series was “authentic to the Catholic faith, providing catechism to those who seek it while also being academic and rigorous as well as lively and engaging”.
The textbooks were written in consultation with Cafod to provide current case studies.
The late Professor Anthony Towey, former editor of The Pastoral Review, was among the authors of the new directory, which replaced an edition from 2012 and comes into effect in September.
Titled To Know You More Clearly, it is intended to prepare “all pupils to play their part as critical citizens in a plural and diverse culture”, said the CES on its launch.
“It develops in them a dialogical attitude, through the content that is presented and through the modelling of respectful dialogue in class, a particularly powerful witness in a context where social media has had such a detrimental impact on the civility of public discourse.”
OUP said that it had received promising feedback for Source to Summit and was seeking CES endorsement for the year eight and nine books in the series.
Hodder Education is also seeking endorsement for its forthcoming series for the new directory, Spirit and Life.
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