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Cameron, Paul; And Others – College Student Journal, 1971
Generally speaking this study uncovered little or no economic difference between Catholics and Protestants as indexed by occupational status and income or upward mobility. It found no current validity for the Weber Thesis in economic attitudes. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Catholics, College Students, Economics

Glenn, Norval D. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1982
Used combined data from six national surveys conducted from 1973-1978 to study patterns of interreligious marriage in the mid-1970s and to indicate changes since 1957. Findings suggested a strong continuing trend toward secularization of the institution of marriage. (Author)
Descriptors: Catholics, Intermarriage, Jews, Marital Status
Roof, Wade Clark – Ethnicity, 1980
Data from the annual General Social Surveys do not support the argument that contemporary Protestants and Catholics differ significantly in work values. Work ethic seems more related to ethnic and cultural heritage than to the religious background or affiliation of an individual. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Catholics, Cultural Background, Cultural Influences, Ethnic Groups
Donnelly, Caitlin; Hughes, Joanne – Comparative Education, 2006
This paper compares the concept of mixed faith/cultural education in Northern Ireland and Israel. It is primarily concerned with the processes that these "integrated" schools adopt in their quest to improve relations between divided ethnic groups. Drawing on qualitative data collected in two mixed religion primary schools in each…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Education, Research Methodology, Comparative Education
Najmi, M. A. – Educ Urban Soc, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Catholics, Protestants
Cooper, John W. – Teaching Political Science, 1982
The ideas of Luther and Calvin challenged Catholicism and laid the foundation for the conventional American views on church-state relationships. Knowledge of the Protestant tradition in politics is a necessary requirement to an understanding of public life and of Western political culture since the Reformation. (RM)
Descriptors: Catholics, Higher Education, Political Science, Politics

Eisenmann, Linda – History of Education Quarterly, 1999
Extends F. Michael Perko's literature review "Religious Higher Education in America: An Historiographic Survey" by discussing recent developments in the history of religion and U.S. higher education. Explores issues in secularization, the influence of Richard Hofstadter, the work of Julie Reuben, Douglas Sloan, George Marsden, and…
Descriptors: Catholics, Educational History, Higher Education, Historians
Elias, John L. – Religious Education, 2004
This article describes the involvement of Roman Catholics in the Religious Education Association during the first 50 years of its existence. It examines attitudes of Protestants toward Catholics expressed in journal articles, convention speeches, and archival material. It presents the contributions of Roman Catholics at conventions and in journal…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Catholics, Protestants, Journal Articles
Carper, James C.; Hunt, Thomas C. – Peter Lang New York, 2007
During the mid-nineteenth century, Americans created the functional equivalent of earlier state religious establishments. Supported by mandatory taxation, purportedly inclusive, and vested with messianic promise, public schooling, like the earlier established churches, was touted as a bulwark of the Republic and as an essential agent of moral and…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Protestants, Catholics, Home Schooling

Hill, Robert B. – Urban League Review, 1975
Data from several nationally representative surveys are analyzed to answer questions concerning racial attitudes of White Ethnics, Protestants, Catholics, along with the effects of region and community size on racial attitudes. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Bias, Catholics, Community Characteristics, Ethnic Groups
Perko, F. Michael – 1983
Protestant and Catholic missionary organizations contributed to the development of American schooling. On the Protestant side, the American Home Missionary Society and the American Sunday School Union provided missionaries who frequently became active in school activities. More importantly, these agencies, typical of the evangelical alliance of…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Catholics, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Beatty, Kathleen Murphy; Walter, Oliver – 1982
Exploratory research suggests that denominational preferences, fundamentalism, and church attendance are related to an individual's position on political issues. A review of research reveals that religious beliefs are stable, developed early in life, and are central to an individual's other orientations. Research on religious orientation is…
Descriptors: Catholics, Jews, Political Attitudes, Political Science
Thomas, Charles B. – 1978
A study was conducted of clergy involvement in the Boston school desegregation controversy of the mid-1970's. Data were collected from interviews with a random sample of 75 black and white Protestant and Catholic ministers in Metropolitan Boston. The research, as described in this paper, tests and lends support to the validity of a role reference…
Descriptors: Catholics, Church Role, Citizen Participation, Clergy
ALKIN, MARVIN C. – 1965
THE HYPOTHESIS THAT PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES ARE RELATED TO THE RELIGIOUS COMPOSITION OF A COMMUNITY WAS TESTED STATISTICALLY. EIGHTEEN RANDOMLY SELECTED SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM A TOTAL OF 130 HAVING MORE THAN 300 PUPILS IN ADA WERE USED FOR THE STUDY. QUESTIONNAIRES ON RELIGIOUS PREFERENCES WERE SENT TO 50 RANDOMLY…
Descriptors: Catholics, Educational Demand, Elementary Schools, Financial Support
Taft, Charles P.; Felknor, Bruce L. – 1960
This monograph, written in 1960, examines the part prejudice played in politics throughout our national history. Part I of the monograph discusses "The Colonial Era." The immigrants that populated the new nation brought with them varied cultural heritages and different religious faiths. Soon the colonial pattern of religious prejudice reflected…
Descriptors: Bias, Catholics, Civil Rights, Elections