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Dumont, Clayton W., Jr. – Teaching Sociology, 1995
Asserts that western civilization's belief in the differentiation between object and subject impedes a true multicultural discourse. Praises the postmodernist approach, that self-evident reality is actually a politically constructed text, as being useful in identifying subjectivity. Argues for acknowledgment, rather than displacement of,…
Descriptors: Christianity, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Change
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Poyntz, Colin; Walford, Geoffrey – Educational Studies, 1994
Reports on an interview and mail questionnaire of a group of 65 new private Christian schools in Great Britain. Finds wide diversity among the schools and discusses why the schools were established. Describes the ways that a biblically based curriculum is developed and implemented. (CFR)
Descriptors: Christianity, Church Role, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment
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Boys, Mary C.; And Others – Religious Education, 1995
Proposes a mode of religious education that accentuates the self-actualizing, humanistic aspects of religious thought while downplaying the exclusionary and confrontational pathologies. Maintains that the power of spiritual commitment, devoid of rancorous judgments, can be a force for positive global transformation. (MJP)
Descriptors: Christianity, Consciousness Raising, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Curriculum Enrichment
Furst, Lyndon G. – 1983
Most arguments for fiscal equity in financing America's schools have been based on constitutional provisions and on the socio-political dogma that underlies a democratic society. This paper approaches the subject using as its theoretical basis a document even more basic to the founding of the republic than the Constitution--the Bible. Using the…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Biblical Literature, Christianity, Educational Equity (Finance)