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Klein, Easy – Change, 1977
Issues faced by women seminarians include attitudes of male students and faculty, lack of representation of women on faculty search committees and on the faculty, and restricted opportunities in the church to use their talents and training. The problems are similar for Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish women looking for jobs. (LBH)
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Catholics, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Females

Tell, Carol – Educational Leadership, 1999
About 96% of youngsters in Northern Ireland are educated either in Catholic schools or in state-operated, predominantly Protestant schools. Since 1985, 40 integrated schools of all grade levels have sprung up throughout the country. At integrated schools, which maintain balanced ratios, students talk about their common history. (MLH)
Descriptors: Catholics, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Beyerlein, Kraig – Social Forces, 2005
Using American religious traditions as measures of bonding and bridging social capital in communities, we empirically test how these different forms of social capital affect crime rates in 3,157 U.S. counties in 2000. Our results suggest that the bonding networks evangelical Protestants promote in communities explain why counties with a greater…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Crime, Religious Factors, Protestants
McClellan, B. Edward – 1992
Debates about how moral education ought to be provided have engaged many of the best minds in education and stirred public controversies throughout U.S. history. The vast array of European peoples who settled the American colonies brought a commitment to moral education and a variety of approaches to the task. While French and Spanish settlers…
Descriptors: Catholics, Christianity, Cultural Influences, Educational History
Carlson, A. Cheree – 1988
The Know-Nothing party of the 1850s was the first nativist party in American politics to gain importance and serves as an exemplar of how cultural nativism may be captured and turned toward political goals. The resurgence of nativist sentiment in the Know-Nothing era provides an excellent example of a rhetorical situation which seriously…
Descriptors: Catholics, Discourse Analysis, Immigrants, Patriotism
Faherty, William Barnaby – Hist Educ Quart, 1968
Descriptors: Catholic Educators, Catholics, Church Related Colleges, Educational History
Farel, Anita M. – 1982
A survey of resources is provided for improving youth programs conducted by religious organizations. After a brief introductory chapter establishing the focus of the document, the second chapter offers an overview of adolescent physical, intellectual, moral, social, emotional, and religious development. In addition, the attitudes of young…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Catholics, Jews, Program Descriptions
Winter, J. Alan; Mills, Edgar W. – 1968
Three urban training programs for clergy sponsor Research on Training for Metropolitan Ministry (RTMM), a project of the Ministry Studies Board of the National Council of Churches. RTMM has two main objectives: to increase understanding of the relationships among the attitudes, skills, and activities of clergymen, and to identify changes in these…
Descriptors: Activities, Administration, Attitude Measures, Attitudes
Howell, Gladys David – 1978
Differences in acculturation patterns among Protestant and Catholic (Orthodox) Syrians in a city in the southern United States are examined in this paper. Theoretical perspectives on religious/cultural group assimilation are reviewed and the methodology of the current study is outlined. The history of Protestantism in traditionally Catholic Syria…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Catholics, Cultural Differences
Brickman, William – Western European Education, 1985
Three centuries have gone by since the termination by the Catholic government of France of the religious, educational, cultural, commercial, and personal freedom of the adherents of the Calvinist Reformed Church, or Huguenots. The historical consequences of the Edict of Fontainebleau (Revocation of the Edict of Nantes) are discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Catholics, Comparative Education, Educational History, Educational Policy
Greeley, Andrew M. – Amer J Sociol, 1970
Data from the 1957 Current Popualtion Survey of Religion and from the NORC study of June 1961 college graduates indicate that denominational homogeneity in marriage exists for at least three-quarters of the major religious denominations, including the various groups within Protestantism." (Author/SE)
Descriptors: Catholics, College Graduates, Interfaith Relations, Intermarriage

Kollar, Rene – History of Education, 2002
Discusses Catholic convent schools in 19th century England. Focuses on a perceived viewpoint that Protestant females would convert to Catholicism if they were taught by Catholic nuns. Considered nuns as substandard teachers using poor curriculum. Concludes anti-Catholicism waned as a strong force during the early 20th century, minimizing criticism…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Catholics, Educational History, Educational Research

Hitchen, Peter – History of Education, 2000
Offers an analysis of church and state influences on the development of education in British Honduras (now Belize). Focuses on the British neglect of education in the colony; the emergence of tensions between the church and state, exploring issues related to Roman Catholic and Protestant rivalry; and church-state issues. (CMK)
Descriptors: Catholics, Church Role, Colonialism, Educational History

Burns, Mildred – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2000
As for every aspect of Canadian life, duality of origins has defined and shaped education. French Catholic religious personnel created an elementary education system for fur traders, farmers, and native peoples; elites had a privately funded system. English Protestants oriented their systems toward extraction industries and trade. (Contains 41…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Catholics, Cultural Differences, Educational History
Robbins, Mandy; Francis, Leslie J. – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2005
The present study has built on three earlier studies reported by Francis and Burton (1994), Francis and Evans (1996), and Francis (2005) to test the hypothesis that there is a positive correlation between frequency of prayer and perceived purpose in life among 13-to 15-year-old young people who are within a community with high levels of church…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Factors, Catholics, Protestants