Strydom, MarykeBeyers, Jaco2024-12-102024-12-102024-08-30Strydom, M. & Beyers, J., 2024, ‘Narratives and counter-narratives as ways of creating religious tolerance’, Verbum et Ecclesia 45(1), a3221. https://DOI.org/10.4102/ve.v45i1.3221.1609-9982 (print)2074-7705 (online)10.4102/ve.v45i1.3221http://hdl.handle.net/2263/99854DATA AVAILABILITY : Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analysed in this study.This article explored the utilisation of counter-narratives in tertiary education settings with regard to pseudo-events connected to big world events. The occurrence that this article focused on was the pseudo-events connected to the Israel–Hamas war that started in October 2023. These pseudo-events refer to a surge in Islamophobic and anti-Semitic hate crimes in countries outside the warzone. Two narrative examples are given that can be utilised within education settings; however, educators can look beyond the given examples and utilise other counter-narratives. Creating awareness of surges in discriminatory occurrences with the use of counter-narratives may increase humanisation and intersectional awareness in students. INTRADISCIPLINARY AND/OR INTERDISCIPLINARY IMPLICATIONS : This article was written from a religious studies perspective, with the aim of increasing religious tolerance within societies. This article is based on a quantitative literature review and narrative theories.en© 2024. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.ReligionEducationToleranceNarrativeCounter-narrativeIsrael-Hamas warIslamophobiaAntisemitismArticle