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Raftery, Deirdre – History of Education, 2015
This article examines the management of the education enterprise of teaching Sisters, with reference to their transnational networking. The article suggests that orders of women religious were the first all-female transnational networks, engaged constantly in work that was characterised by "movement, ebb and circulation". The mobility of…
Descriptors: Network Analysis, Social Networks, Womens Studies, Change Agents
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Singleton, Andrew – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2011
World Youth Day, a youth-focused Catholic celebration, is the largest recurring youth event in the world. The 10th International World Youth Day (WYD) was held from 15-20 July 2008, in Sydney, Australia and attenders participated in a week-long series of religious events and activities. Little research in English has been conducted on WYD…
Descriptors: Religion, Multivariate Analysis, Foreign Countries, Youth Opportunities
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Bruce, Deborah A.; Sterland, Samuel J. R.; Brookes, Norman E.; Escott, Phillip – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2006
In 2001, more than 1.2 million worshipers in over 12,000 congregations in four countries participated in the International Congregational Life Survey (ICLS). The ICLS was an expansion and revision of previous surveys conducted in Australia (the National Church Life Survey) to include congregations and worshipers in New Zealand, England and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Surveys, Churches, Christianity