Teaching Biblical Narrative: A summary of the main findings of the Biblos Project, 1996-2004

Abstract

Biblos was a research project into teaching biblical narrative. It was based at the School of Education and Lifelong Learning (SELL) at the University of Exeter and led by Professor Terence Copley (biblos@exeter.ac.uk). Biblos was founded in 1996 with the aim of investigating how the Bible is, and should be, taught in Religious Education (RE) in England and Wales. It represented a working partnership between the RE team at Exeter and Bible Society. It has worked in New Zealand to compare findings in another English-speaking country. This report attempts to assimilate the key findings and research outcomes of the three UK phases of the Biblos Project by looking at the first two phases from the perspective of the third.