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Neuhaus, Richard John – 1983
This volume contains an address by Richard John Neuhaus entitled "Let the Church Be the Church" in which it is asserted that the crisis in Christian social ethics today is a crisis of faith which calls for spiritual, theological, and ethical renewal. The address is a retrospective look at the Vietnam-era debate between Neuhaus and Paul Ramsey,…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Church Role, Political Issues, Politics
McClellan, B. Edward – 1992
Debates about how moral education ought to be provided have engaged many of the best minds in education and stirred public controversies throughout U.S. history. The vast array of European peoples who settled the American colonies brought a commitment to moral education and a variety of approaches to the task. While French and Spanish settlers…
Descriptors: Catholics, Christianity, Cultural Influences, Educational History
Potvin, Bernie; Parsons, Jim – 1986
An attempt was made to describe the experience of Christian religious education for its participants. This research is both ethnographic and hermeneutic. Thick descriptions gathered from ethnographic methods like participant observation, in-depth interviews, and journal keeping served as text for analysis. Weekly visits of one to four hours were…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Catholics, Christianity, Developmental Stages

Francis, Leslie J.; Greer, John E. – Journal of Moral Education, 1992
Presents survey findings concerning the moral and religious attitudes of Northern Ireland's adolescents. Seeks to develop reliability and validity criteria for a scale of traditional Christian values. Concludes that Catholic school students are more likely to hold traditional values than are Protestant school students. (DK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Beliefs, Catholics

Fagan, Ronald W.; DeVries, Raymond G. – American Sociologist, 1994
Contends that religion has played a significant role in the founding and development of higher education. Reports on a study of the sociodemographic and educational background characteristics of sociologists teaching in 31 colleges belonging to the Christian College Coalition. (CFR)
Descriptors: Christianity, Church Related Colleges, Curriculum Development, Higher Education

Grasmick, Harold G.; And Others – Social Science Quarterly, 1992
Presents survey results on the movement to abolish corporal punishment in public education. Reports that fundamentalist Protestants are more supportive of corporal punishment than others. Predicts that religion is likely to be the route for public mobilization on this issue. Suggests that the greater punitiveness of Protestant fundamentalists…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Childrens Rights, Corporal Punishment, Discipline

Litchfield, Randy G. – Religious Education, 1996
Considers the role of lay vocation (here broadly defined as the servanthood of nonordained persons within and without the church) in everyday life and religious education. Discusses the relationship between lay vocation and the holiness movement, a perfectionist doctrine that arose in U.S. Protestantism in the late 19th century. (MJP)
Descriptors: Church Workers, Cultural Influences, Higher Education, Lay People

Farren, Sean – History of Education, 1994
Examines tensions and divisions that formed the educational legacy of the two states in Ireland that emerged from the political settlements of 1920-21. Concludes that, on the eve of partition in 1921, deep divisions in education were reminders that education would continue to expose ideological differences between Ireland and Britain. (CFR)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Catholic Schools, Catholics, Educational History

Boys, Mary C.; And Others – Religious Education, 1995
Proposes a mode of religious education that accentuates the self-actualizing, humanistic aspects of religious thought while downplaying the exclusionary and confrontational pathologies. Maintains that the power of spiritual commitment, devoid of rancorous judgments, can be a force for positive global transformation. (MJP)
Descriptors: Christianity, Consciousness Raising, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Curriculum Enrichment

McClenahan, Carol; And Others – Journal of Social Psychology, 1996
Examines the friendship choices of Northern Ireland adolescents within a planned integrated school, a Protestant desegregated school, and a Catholic desegregated school. Reporting on over 300 middle- and high-school students revealed that in-group bias was the exception rather than the rule. All three schools exhibited similar characteristics.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavioral Science Research, Catholics, Cultural Interrelationships

Peck, Sheryl Dickerson – Journal of Social Psychology, 1996
Questions 70 politically involved evangelicals on liberal and conservative issues. Discovers a surprising lack of negative correlation (in this instance defined as a strong oppositional belief to positions at the other end of the political spectrum). Discusses possible reasons for this and implications for future research. (MJP)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Behavioral Science Research, Beliefs, Conservatism

Valk, John – History of Education Quarterly, 1995
Maintains that issues of religion and the schools have surfaced again in the public forum. Discusses the controversy between public and private education in Utrecht, The Netherlands, in the 1800s. Concludes that public schools can never meet the needs of all and that the Utrecht compromise suggests that alternatives are possible. (CFR)
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Catholics, Church Role, Educational History