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Davcheva, Leah; Katsarska, Milena – Intercultural Education, 2006
Education and schooling in Bulgaria bear the potential to address the challenges that arise from poverty, unemployment, demographic developments, social polarising, migration, and fractured identities. This paper briefly reviews four recent and ongoing projects illustrative of a wide scope of intercultural education programmes, currently initiated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multicultural Education, Religion Studies, Judaism
Fairchild, Ellen E.; Blumenfeld, Warren J. – College Student Affairs Journal, 2007
A dialogic model for the discussion of issues related to Christian privilege and religious oppression of minority religious groups and non-believers in the United States is presented. The goal of the dialogue circles is to create and maintain a true multicultural community on the university campus.
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Religious Cultural Groups, Cultural Pluralism, Religious Factors
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Scialabba, Karen – Religious Education, 2006
This article challenges contemporary religious educators to take notice of some of the competitive aspects of media, not to scapegoat the technological changes of twenty-first-century life, but to address the concerns of a people who feel overwhelmed by media's game plan yet long to work for a more invigorated future of American religious…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Mass Media Effects, Mass Media Role, Technological Advancement
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Lee, Boyung – Religious Education, 2006
This article examines sexuality, a null curriculum in Asian-American faith communities, and explores pedagogical strategies to move the sexuality discourse to the explicit curriculum. The article first describes the current discussion of sexuality in Asian-American communities, then it critically analyzes the Confucian notion of the body, which…
Descriptors: Religious Factors, Human Body, Cultural Influences, Asian Americans
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Ford, John T. – Christian Higher Education, 2006
Ecumenical Theology involves not only the academic study of church-separating issues, but also the ecclesial commitment of each individual Christian. Accordingly, a course on the "History and Theology of the Ecumenical Movement" should utilize the ecumenical experiences of both instructors and students. A variety of pedagogical means can be used…
Descriptors: Christianity, Cooperation, Group Unity, Philosophy
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Harris, Scott; Lumsden, D. Barry – Christian Higher Education, 2006
The first article in this three-part series (Christian Higher Education 5(3) 2006: 279-293) introduced the topic of tenure in American evangelical Christian colleges and universities. This article presents the findings from a study designed to ascertain the tenure policies and practices of member institutions in the Council for Christian Colleges…
Descriptors: Tenure, College Faculty, Church Related Colleges, Christianity
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Kim, Hyun-Sook – Religious Education, 2006
Today many people experience more frustration and confusion about many moral issues and norms than their ancestors. Traditional values and norms do not seem to serve Christian adults in today's situation. Christians are therefore challenged to develop Christian moral norms and values relevant to contemporary society and culture. In this article,…
Descriptors: Values, Norms, Moral Issues, Religious Education
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Spielhagen, Frances R.; Cooper, Bruce S. – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2007
The Bruderhof communities in the United States have organized their own private schools with a distinctly Christian philosophy of education, adding to the interesting mix of American private and religious schools. Rooted in early 20th century German pedagogy, romanticism, and shared responsibility, Bruderhof schools represent the essence of a…
Descriptors: Religious Cultural Groups, Private Schools, Religious Education, Educational Philosophy
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Fernandez, Sue; Clyne, Michael – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2007
There have been few Australian studies of language maintenance amongst immigrant languages from the Indian subcontinent. The present study focuses on Tamil speakers in Melbourne from Sri Lanka or India, who are Hindus or Christians. Tamil is a pluricentric language that has been under the domination of English in these countries, at least amongst…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Maintenance, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries
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Nieli, Russell – Academic Questions, 2007
Small programs can make a big difference on college campuses. At Duke University, a few dedicated people, with the support of college administrators, exploited the all-too-evident liabilities of curriculum fragmentation, political correctness, and the lack of direction felt by undergraduate students to create intellectually valuable and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Higher Education, Political Attitudes, College Curriculum
Terry, Ron; Wygant, Steve; Olsen, Danny; Howell, Scott – Online Submission, 2007
Since its founding in 1875, Brigham Young University (BYU) has served a mission defined by its sponsoring institution which includes elements of character and spirituality (affective domain) in addition to the intellectual (cognitive domain). However, it is only since the establishment of the Office of Institutional Assessment and Analysis…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Religious Factors, Religion, Integrity
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Agyekum, Kofi – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2006
This paper examines the basic components of the process of settlement, types of offences and language of Akan traditional arbitration. The paper also considers arbitration and Akan sociocultural norms and values. The paper finally discusses the status of Akan arbitration within the context of contemporary forms of adjudication, democracy,…
Descriptors: Democracy, Christianity, Conflict Resolution, Arbitration
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Muntz, Palmer; Crabtree, Dan – Journal of College Admission, 2006
High school and independent counselors often encounter college-bound students who are Christians or who wish to study in a Christian environment. The intent of this article is to help familiarize counselors with Christian colleges. By being familiar with these colleges, counselors can help their students of faith better facilitate a successful…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Choice, Liberal Arts, College Bound Students
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Ubani, Martin; Tirri, Kirsi – International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2006
The purpose of this study is to investigate how Finnish pre-adolescents perceive religion and spirituality. The participants of the study are 12- to 13-year-old Grade 6 pupils (N=102). The pupils were asked to give their meanings of religion and spirituality. The data includes over 700 written expressions on the two concepts. The qualitative…
Descriptors: Christianity, Humanism, Religion, Early Adolescents
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Dartt-Newton, Deana; Erlandson, Jon M. – American Indian Quarterly, 2006
This article deals with the Chumash people, their history, as well as colonization and coercion during the mission period in California. In this article, the authors examine a complex paper on the missionization of the Chumash Indians of the California Coast published in American Anthropologist by Daniel O. Larson, John R. Johnson, and Joel C.…
Descriptors: Foreign Policy, American Indians, Anthropology, Christianity
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