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Hirsto, Laura – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2019
The aim of this paper is to investigate Finnish theology students' experiences of the learning environment provided by their faculty in relation to their personal worldview. Previous research has shown that theology students deal with the fundamental spiritual and religious questions in their learning processes both before and during their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Theological Education, Educational Environment, World Views
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Williams, Ray – Journal of Museum Education, 2019
In response to current tensions around U.S. immigration policies and the expression of diverse religious identities, the author presents a case study in which a university art museum engaged local children and adults to share images and stories of their experience as practitioners of five of the world's major religions. These contemporary, local…
Descriptors: Museums, Intergroup Relations, Judaism, Religious Cultural Groups
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Belánová, Andrea; Kostelecká, Yvona; Machovcová, Katerina; McCabe, Marta – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2020
In the Czech Republic, home schooling is an increasing but still rare education practice. The country is at the same time not favourable to public demonstrations of religion. In such a specific context, we investigated the intersection of religion, spirituality, and home schooling. Drawing on a broad ethnographic research design, we identify three…
Descriptors: Spiritual Development, Home Schooling, Decision Making, Ethnography
Patel, Eboo – Liberal Education, 2017
Passionate about making interfaith cooperation the social norm in a highly diverse religious world landscape, Eboo Patel is founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core. The organization brings together young people of different religious and moral traditions for cooperative service and dialogue around shared values. In this article, which is…
Descriptors: Justice, World Views, Religious Cultural Groups, Intergroup Relations
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Elliott, Timothy Lynn; Romito, Lorien – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2018
Students studying at US institutions of higher education come from a broad range of religious and non-religious traditions. Yet religion is often a "no go" topic of discussion within the American cultural context and educators frequently lack the training to engage in productive conversations about this aspect of students' identities.…
Descriptors: Religion, Cultural Pluralism, Study Abroad, Self Concept
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Yazici, Fatih; Yildirim, Tercan – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2018
Nation-states needed various ideological apparatuses when they wanted to eliminate traditional loyalties to the pre-modern era and establish a new superordinate identity. As frequently emphasised in conceptual discussions, two elements among these ideological apparatuses come to the fore: historiography and education. While social values that…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Nationalism, Historiography, Foreign Countries
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Jepson, Jared A.; Tobolowsky, Barbara F. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2020
This qualitative study extends the research on postsecondary delay by examining the college experiences of six male nontraditional students from the North Texas area who purposefully postponed college education for 3 years after high school graduation to fulfill religious commitments. Unlike the majority of delayers, the participants successfully…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Nontraditional Students, Postsecondary Education, Time to Degree
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Stonehouse, Paul – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2016
Although the assumption of character development through outdoor adventure education (OAE) programs is long held, increasing scholarship questions the tenability of the supposition. Addressing this impasse, this article draws upon doctoral research I conducted into character development through OAE programs (Stonehouse, 2011) and a presentation I…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Values Education, Moral Development, Ethics
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Madsen, Susan R. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2016
The article examines theories, assumptions, concepts, experiences, and practices from the Latter-day Saints' (LDS, or the Mormons) religious worldview to expand existing theoretical constructs and implications of leadership development and education for women. The article elucidates LDS doctrine and culture regarding women and provides specific…
Descriptors: Females, Leadership, Christianity, Religious Factors
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Dietrich, Wolfgang – Journal of Peace Education, 2019
The Innsbruck School of Peace Studies is known for its innovative academic teaching methods under the title Transrational Peace Philosophy. This essay introduces the epistemological fundament of this approach to peace education. It presents the didactic principles for its "Strategic Capacity and Relationship Building," combined with…
Descriptors: Peace, Self Concept, Teaching Methods, Educational Philosophy
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Thomas, Andrew; Rolin, Alf – British Journal of Religious Education, 2019
Different religions are treated in different ways in Norwegian sixth form textbooks. We carried out an exhaustive content analysis of the chapters devoted to individual religions in textbooks for the Religion and Ethics course currently available in Norway, using rigorous indicators to code each word, image and question according to whether they…
Descriptors: Ethics, Religious Education, Buddhism, Christianity
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Edwards, Sachi – Journal of College and Character, 2021
This article problematizes the practice of relying on participant self-identification in research on religious, secular, and spiritual identity (RSSI) within the field of higher education, with particular attention to the implications related to participants who chose non-religious labels. While this practice is commonplace in the field, it is…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Religious Factors, Self Concept, Dialogs (Language)
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Shamsaei, Maryam; Mahmoudi, Abdolreza – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2017
For a long time, this question has arisen that: whether the ethics and politics are in agreement or can we do some deeds which are profitable and acceptable at the same time. Some like the Machiavelians believe that to achieve a goal using all the methods and means are liable though they are immoral and unacceptable, because the profitable goal…
Descriptors: Islam, Muslims, Ethics, Political Issues
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Gill, Rahuldeep Singn – Journal of College and Character, 2017
This article builds on theories of safe and brave spaces to demonstrate how to transform higher education institutions to be better able to incorporate multivalent forms of diversity. In particular, the article suggests leveraging the civic-oriented methodology of interfaith cooperation (Patel & Meyer, 2011) in order to encourage people to…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Role of Religion, Religious Cultural Groups, Higher Education
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Naicker, Suren – Education as Change, 2020
Swami Vivekananda was an influential Indian saint, poet, philosopher and political revolutionary. His work can be seen as a conduit for South African Hindus who are part of the Indian diaspora, allowing them to connect with their historical, cultural and spiritual roots in the religious and conceptual world of India. The first step to decolonising…
Descriptors: Poetry, Figurative Language, Indians, Religious Cultural Groups
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