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This article discusses different types of role-play and how they can be used in teaching religion in various settings. The connection between historical role-play and classroom discussion of contemporary questions of ethics and identity within the framework of Religious Education (RE) is also addressed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The so-called Barcelona disputation of 1263 was one of the earliest Jewish-Christian disputants in medieval Europe. The disputants were Paul Christian, a Jewish convert to Christianity and member f the Dominican order, and the well known Jewish sage Ramban (Rabbi Moses ben Nahman of Gerna). In the disputant Paul Christian used an innovative method: he attempted t prove the truth f basic Christian dogma, for instance that the Messiah had already come, by using classical Jewish texts, especially the Talmud. Paul Christian used the same method in his sermons which the Jews in the area were forced to listen to. When one analyses the arguments he employs, it becomes obvious how he alludes t both Jewish and Christian traditions in order to convince his listeners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]