Cole Sahib

W Owen Cole, has had a distinguished career in Religious Education, and has a world-wide reputation as a distinguished commentator on multifaith issues and practice, as well as on Sikhism. He has written -- on his own and in conjunction with others many well received books, continually used in teaching from primary to tertiary education, including: Six World Faiths (Continuum); Religious Education in the Primary Curriculum: Teaching Strategies and Practical Activities (with Judith Evans Lowndes; Religious and Moral Education Press); Six Religions in the Twenty First Century (with Peggy Morgan; Stanley Thornes); Spirituality in Focus (Heinemann); Hinduism (with Hemant Kannitkar, Heinemann); Understanding Sikhism (Dunedin Academic Press); The Sikhs: Their Religious Beliefs & Practices (with Piara Singh Sambhi; Sussex Academic Press). Owen Cole sets out on his journey towards a multifaith world view detailing his encounters with the Indo Pakistan subcontinent and the UK and those individuals -- Sikh, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish and Christian -- who were to shape his thinking and educational stances. This book is required reading for those who have benefited from Owen Cole's previous books, educators involved in multi-faith issues and questions associated with faith schools and school worship, and all those who enjoy biography at its sharpest.