A two-year study and subsequent conference held in November 1977, sponsored by the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., focused on the role of church-related colleges in higher education, and on their distinctive contribution to the churches, higher education, and the quality of life in America. In this report, a number of…

The report describes a teacher education institute designed and conducted by the Public Education Religion Studies Center (PERSC) at Wright State University. The purpose of the institute was to train elementary and secondary teachers to develop competency in religion studies. The Institute was developed to serve multiple purposes. First, the…

This resource unit, part of a series of guides by the Public Religion Studies Center at Wright State University, correlates with the Holt Databank System "Inquiring About Cultures." The unit covers many facets of many cultures ranging from primitive tribes to complex, urban societies and makes evident the religious dimensions of culture…

This kit is the first in a series intended to help classroom teachers think through possibilities for religion study in elementary-level social studies and use the instructional materials developed by the Religion in Elementary Social Studies Project (RESS). The entire RESS project will be available through ERIC and consists of six classroom…

Public Education Religion Studies Center's (PERSC) general packet of materials is designed to provide supplemental information to the basic questions answered in PERSC's Guidebook (see related document SO 008 364). For a description of the purpose and activities of PERSC see related document SO 008 363. The contents of the packet include: (1) a…

The document presents the history of the Chautauqua Institution, begun in 1874 as a Sunday school assembly and now a summer community involving the arts, education, religion, current events, and sports. Section 1, "Origins and Early Development," discusses the setting; founders; institutional beginnings; from Sunday school to university;…

The cultural and educational work of the Histadrut (the comprehensive labor organization of Israel) is reviewed, including informational and other services to new immigrants, the frontier settlements, women, Arabs, and youth. Labor education, Hebraic studies, library services, international programs (as at the Afro-Asian Institute), lectures and…

This bibliography traces its origin back to a group of abstracts that surveyed a book published by the Israel Ministry of Education and Culture, and entitled "A Decade of Projects on Behalf of the Culturally Disadvantaged." The National Science Foundation, Washington, D. C. commissioned a chapter-by-chapter abstract to be presented in…

The overall objective of this working paper, developed by the Schools Council Project on Religious Education (RE) is to encourage curriculum research and development. The specific objective is to examine the nature of RE and related issues, raising questions for public discussion and commentary feedback to the project. Part one looks at RE by: 1)…

The effects on female ministry students of a theology program that has a humanistic ideology and a professional role inclusive of women were examined. Although the female students valued the ideology, they found it of little use in legitimating themselves to clients or in working out their family and career plans. (Author/RM)

For the first time since the expansion of the choice program to include religious schools in 1998-1999, fewer K4 students are receiving vouchers than in the previous year. This decrease accompanies the first year of implementation of the Milwaukee Public Schools' (MPS) Neighborhood Schools Initiative, which added full-day K4 to 27 MPS neighborhood…

This book is about conflict between Protestants and Catholics over Indian mission schools in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the late 19th century, American Indian policy was dominated by Protestant humanitarian organizations that sought to Americanize the Indians in terms of the evangelical Protestant heritage from which the reformers…

Considers some of the specific problems and possibilities inherent in the combination of adult education and religious education. Warns of the dangers of assuming a shared knowledge base among adults. Identifies three components of religious education as knowledge, authenticity, and meaning. (MJP)

Maintains that exposing the historical roots of self, other, and cultural traditions is a prerequisite for any effort at interreligious education or any education that penetrates cultural boundaries. Discusses how this perspective can inform future planning and implementation of interreligious educational efforts. (MJP)

Outlines a series of components essential to the construction of an interfaith dialog as a transformative experience: (1) study and reflection with and in the presence of the other; (2) an ongoing reevaluation of self-understanding in light of new information; and (3) formal and informal sharing of truths. (MJP)