Education for Suffering and the Shifting of the Catena.

Cooper, Burton

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ERIC Number: EJ387932

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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Education for Suffering and the Shifting of the Catena.

Cooper, Burton

Religious Education, v84 n1 p26-36 Win 1989

Identifies three great religious catenas which interpret suffering. Discusses the classical and post-modern Christian catenas. Urges religious educators to question the classical Christian beliefs concerning suffering while not abandoning the Bible through dissatisfaction. Encourages acceptance of the idea that more than traditional beliefs find support in the Bible. (KO)

Descriptors: Beliefs, Buddhism, Christianity, Coping, Instructional Improvement, Modernism, Philosophy, Postmodernism, Postsecondary Education, Religion, Religious Education, Stress Management, Traditionalism

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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