This article is an account of the actions and achievements, i.e. the "contribution", of the Ireland Province of the Vincentian Congregation, known officially as "the Congregation of the Mission", in respect of Catholic education in Ireland and England. The approach is, first, to outline the motives and intentions of the…

Religious communities are important sources of bridging and bonding social capital that have varying implications for perceptions of social cohesion in rural areas. In particular, as well as cultivating cohesiveness more broadly, the bridging social capital associated within mainline religious communities may represent an especially important…

In 2001, more than 1.2 million worshipers in over 12,000 congregations in four countries participated in the International Congregational Life Survey (ICLS). The ICLS was an expansion and revision of previous surveys conducted in Australia (the National Church Life Survey) to include congregations and worshipers in New Zealand, England and the…

THE HISTORY OF ADULT EDUCATION IN DENMARK, ENGLAND, GERMANY, AND THE UNITED STATES IS PRESENTED AND COMPARED. ADULT EDUCATION OPERATES THROUGH A VARIETY OF INSTITUTIONS OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AND UNIVERSITIES PROPER. IT IS VOLUNTARY AND PRIMARILY APPEALS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT HAD ADVANCED FORMAL EDUCATION. VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT…

Traces the progress of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge's (England) charity school movement in the early eighteenth century and its shift from promotion of catechistical instruction to putting children to work in workhouses that served to banish idleness and beggary. (GEA)

Attempts a comprehensive investigation into the impact of nonconformity on the development of elementary education in Swansea, Wales, between 1851 and 1900. Nonconformity was a dissenting strand of English Protestant theology popular among the working class. Recounts the early efforts of the nonconformists in establishing Sunday schools. (MJP)

Examines the nature and activities of the Christian Schools Campaign. The campaign worked to influence educational legislation in England concerning public funding for religious-based schools. Assess the campaign's effectiveness in influencing the 1993 Education Act, which opened the possibility of public funding. (MJP)

The bulk of this report from the Commissioner of Education is made up of appendices. The appendices begin with abstracts of reports submitted by state, territorial, and city school officers. Data is then presented on the general condition of colored schools operated by the Freedmen's Bureau; Indian education; kindergarten culture; Hebrew…