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"Minority within Minority" or a "Minority of Two Majorities": Religious Education and the Making of Christian Identity in Israel
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Agbaria, Ayman K.; Obeid Shehadeh, Hazar – British Journal of Religious Education, 2022
This qualitative article examines the making of a distinct Christian identity through confessional teaching of Christianity. As there had been very little empirical research on teachers of religious education and none on teaching Christianity in Israel, this pioneering paper investigates the teachers' views on their goals and challenges, while…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Identification (Psychology), Christianity, Foreign Countries
The Development of Prosociality among Christian Arab Children in Israel: The Role of Children's Household Religiosity and of the Recipient's Neediness
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Sabato, Hagit; Kogut, Tehila – Developmental Psychology, 2020
We examined the development of sharing behavior of children (aged 6 to 12) within the unique, minority population of Christian Arab children in Israel (N = 319). Children had the opportunity to share candy with a needy or non-needy recipient. Parents' level of religiosity was assessed using the Duke University Religion Index questionnaire (DUREL).…
Descriptors: Social Development, Arabs, Christianity, Foreign Countries
Teaching Sacred Texts in the Classroom: The Pedagogy of "Transmission" and the Pedagogy of "Interpretive Facilitation"
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Hassenfeld, Ziva R. – Journal of Jewish Education, 2017
Empirical research in Jewish education has found almost exclusive use of "transmission" pedagogy among Jewish studies teachers. This study hoped to fill out the empirical landscape by studying Jewish studies teachers who prioritize student-driven interpretation. It followed six Jewish studies teachers in four different Jewish elementary…
Descriptors: Judaism, Biblical Literature, Christianity, Jews