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Contact-Based Interfaith Programmes in Schools and the Changing Religious Education Landscape: Negotiating a Worldviews Curriculum
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Peacock, Lucy – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2023
This article explores the implications of a proposed move towards a religion and worldviews curriculum in England for contact-based interfaith programmes in schools, through a case study of the Faith and Belief Forum's School Linking programme. Quantitative and qualitative data collected through 1,488 teacher and student surveys, teacher focus…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Intergroup Relations, World Views, Extracurricular Activities
Becoming "Thou" as Transformation in Interfaith Dialogue
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Pope, Elizabeth M.; Nicolaides, Aliki – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2021
Within current interfaith dialogue scholarship, perspective transformation towards the religious other is one of the most desired outcomes. However, exactly how such transformed perspectives come about and the characteristics of this transformation have not been adequately researched. In this study, we examine transformative learning within…
Descriptors: Religion, Intergroup Relations, Dialogs (Language), Attitude Change
Parental Belief and Parental Engagement: How Do They Interact?
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Goodall, Janet – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2013
Previous literature has shown the importance of parental engagement for children's outcomes; a largely separate body of literature has shown that there are clear effects on children's outcomes related to parental religion. This article is a literature review of these two fields, with the aim of relating them to each other. The article suggests two…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Religion, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship
Religious Tolerance in Oman: Addressing Religious Prejudice through Educational Intervention
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Al Sadi, Fatma H.; Basit, Tehmina N. – British Educational Research Journal, 2013
This paper examines the impact of a school-based intervention entitled "Our Brothers and Sisters in Humanity" on 10th grade female Omani students' religious tolerance. A questionnaire was administered before and after an intervention to a sample of 241 girls, of whom 116 were in the experimental group and 125 in the control group. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religion, Religious Discrimination, Intervention
The Recovery of Spirit in Higher Education: Christian and Jewish Ministries in Campus Life.
Rankin, Robert, Ed.; And Others – 1980
Three areas relative to the campus ministry are assessed: the discovery and nurture of the spirit, contemplation and action in higher education, and the ministries of faith communities. The collection of essays addresses the religious events happening within colleges and universities and the religious communities which have been formed within…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Catholics, Christianity, Churches
Gifted and Called To Raise Up Our Children: Worship, Educational, Community Outreach, and Advocacy Resources for Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, and Other Faith Traditions.
Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC. – 1998
This resource guide was developed to promote the National Observance of Children's Sabbaths, a program of prayer, education, community service, and advocacy with and on behalf of children. The guide provides materials for planning, promoting, and implementing a Children's Sabbath specific to particular faith traditions and recounts the experiences…
Descriptors: Catholic Educators, Catholics, Child Advocacy, Child Rearing