The young participants took part in a day of activities and discussion. This involved workshops in different creative mediums and discussion sessions covering a range of contemporary and controversial issues. We also held a central Q & A session that gave participants the opportunity to put questions to young representatives from the major faiths.
The aim of the day was to bring young people together to engage in dialogues and discussions about issues of religion, diversity and identity. It provided a valuable opportunity for them to hear a variety of perspectives and to learn from each other’s experiences.
Participants were given a choice of activities and they signed up for sessions on the day. They took two different workshops and one discussion session; as well all attending the central Q & A session.
All of the discussion sessions were recorded and the participants’ opinions will be edited into an educational resource that can be used to stimulate discussions as part of Religious Education. This will be launched along side the British Library’s new exhibition, Sacred, which opens on 27 April 2007. This groundbreaking exhibition brings together some of the world’s most important and beautiful religious texts for the first time. Rare examples of Jewish, Christian and Muslim sacred texts from the Library’s collections will be presented alongside treasures on loan from other institutions. Sacred marks the first time that sacred texts from these three faiths will have been displayed and explored together, side by side, in a major UK exhibition.
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