The Living World

'This text was... designed to suit boys in lower secondary school, Years 7-10. My primary aim was to provide sound religious teaching in manageable language, and to build on knowledge that I knew many of the boys already had. My secondary aim was to give good teachers room to elaborate on materials introduced in the text to fulfil the perceived needs of individual students in their classes. Much later, I realised that what I had written could serve many other people: young adults eager...
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'This text was... designed to suit boys in lower secondary school, Years 7-10. My primary aim was to provide sound religious teaching in manageable language, and to build on knowledge that I knew many of the boys already had. My secondary aim was to give good teachers room to elaborate on materials introduced in the text to fulfil the perceived needs of individual students in their classes. Much later, I realised that what I had written could serve many other people: young adults eager to acquire stronger religious formation for apostolic purposes; students with special needs who are spiritually gifted; adults in programmes of study designed to prepare them for entry in the Catholic Church; teachers anxious to supplement existing school texts with additional pertinent materials; and people from other religious backgrounds seeking information about what Catholicism is, what its origins are, and how it is linked with their own traditions and practices... The Focus Questions at the end of each of the book's ten chapters are designed to help students to implement knowledge acquired by reading and discussing the text with their Religion teachers and fellow students, and to help adults with demanding apostolic duties to guide people in their care. - Susan Reibel Moore, from the preface