This textbook is for Religious Studies and PSE courses at lower secondary level. It challenges pupils to reflect on key personal and social issues using the teachings of the world religions to guide them. As many pupils will be confronting the more difficult issues for the first time, they are handled with sensitivity and care. Features include: Christian and other religious responses to issues; a wide range of activities including thinking and reflecting tasks, writing tasks and discussion activities for pairs and groups; and varied material including extracts from the sacred texts of the major world religions, cuttings from magazines and newspapers, interviews, photographs and illustrations.