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Religious education beyond the classroom can promote empathy and community cohesion

Religious education beyond the classroom can promote empathy and community cohesion

Our report by Hannah Rich, ‘Beyond the Classroom’, was featured in the Tablet. 17/11/2025

The think tank Theos, which researches the relationship between religion and society in the contemporary world, has called for religious education to be encouraged and facilitated “in a far broader range of contexts than just the classroom”.

Aili Winstanley Channer unpacks our latest report Beyond the Classroom for the Tablet. 

Read it here. 

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Hannah Rich

Hannah Rich

Hannah joined Theos in 2017. She is a senior researcher working on theology and economic inequality. She is the author of ‘A Torn Safety Net’ (2022).

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Posted 17 November 2025

Read The Tablet article here

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