Despite the increased trend towards secularisation in state schooling, issues of religion and spirituality have remained important. Increased pluralism within societies through expanding migration patterns is changing the religious and cultural contours of many countries in Europe and North America, and is creating a need for a deeper…

Tracing the history of Native American schooling in North America, this book emphasizes factors in society at large--and sometimes within indigenous communities--which led to Native American children being separate from the white majority. Charles Glenn examines the evolving assumptions about race and culture as applied to schooling, the reactions…

This article informs counselors about the changing position of Canadian churches and Biblical scholars with regard to wife abuse. Knowing of these advances, counselors can offer an alternative to victims who believe that the Christian response to partner abuse is silent submission; through reeducation, women can learn to empower themselves. (LKS)