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Sinitiere, Phillip Luke – History Teacher, 2012
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963) is widely known as a champion for the political rights of African Americans, founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), aggressive advocate of Pan-Africanism, staunch supporter of female suffrage, and one of the creative forces behind the Harlem Renaissance. Further still, Du…
Descriptors: African American Leadership, African Americans, Reputation, Religion
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Lee, Michael G. – Religious Education, 2008
This article sets Dorothy Bass' Christian practices movement in critical dialogue with U.S. Latina/o popular religion in order to explore ways that these distinctive sets of practices could enrich one another. Then, it focuses on "shaping communities" as a Christian practice and correlates it with the U.S. Latina/o popular religious…
Descriptors: Religion, Religious Factors, Religious Education, Christianity
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Turner, Patrice E. – Music Educators Journal, 2008
The word gospel means "good news," and gospel music is the good news of the message of Jesus of Nazareth in song. African American gospel is a style that is growing in popularity. The number of twenty-four-hour gospel radio stations in the United States is increasing, and sales of gospel music recordings are on the rise. Gospel music…
Descriptors: Music, Singing, African American Culture, Christianity
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Stenberg, Shari J. – College English, 2006
In this essay, the author argues that the potential for achieving the goals of critical pedagogy would be enriched if teachers had a fuller understanding of the ties between critical pedagogy and Christian liberation theology. While many are familiar with Paulo Freire's roots in Marxism, the fact that his vision of praxis and conscientization…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Philosophy, Religious Factors, Beliefs
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Lee, Sang-Wook; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Examines how 19th-century Sunday school reformers in both England and the United States understood and adopted Froebel's educational ideas. (HTH)
Descriptors: Christianity, Educational History, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten
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Stern, Henry R. – American Speech, 1979
Documents some of the linguistic changes brought about in the Roman Catholic Church in the United States as a result of the ecumenical movement and modernization. Available from the University of Alabama Press, Periodicals Department, P.O. Box 2877, University, Alabama 35486. (AM)
Descriptors: Catholics, Christianity, Churches, English
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Kang, Young Taek – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2006
This paper seeks to provide a conceptual framework for understanding the topic of public aid to Christian schools in a Reformed Christian perspective. To do so, I need to clarify a Reformed Christian approach in regard to this topic and then review the studies of the issue in legal and educational aspects in the light of the Reformed perspective.…
Descriptors: State Church Separation, Private School Aid, Christianity, Educational Principles