Supports teaching literature from a religious point of view. (JL)

Addresses the world population problem by highlighting three crucial areas: the relationship between population growth control and national security issues, the role of American leadership in resolving the problem, and the barriers to effective action. One barrier discussed in detail is the Roman Catholic Church's stand on abortion and…

Observes that efforts to censor young adult literature in the schools are continuing. Reviews recent controversies concerning attempts to remove particular books from schools. Examines the role of school administrators and the religious right in book-banning campaigns. Concludes that censors have succeeded by dividing and conquering their…

In 1925, Williams Jennings Bryan, a former congressman from Nebraska and a former Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson, spent two agonizing weeks defending his religious faith that cost him his life a month after. Bryan was a prosecutor of high school teacher John Scopes, who had violated Tennessee state law by teaching the theory of evolution.…

In this article, I discuss a Canadian public school controversy and Supreme Court of Canada decision involving competing stakeholder rights to freedom of religion, safety and equality. Policy considerations that allowed one group of stakeholders to express their constitutional rights raised concerns among other stakeholders. A policy vacuum and a…

The unrepresentativeness of school policy discussions, religious fundamentalism, and the local opinion that schools should uphold and inculcate traditional values of home and community are emphasized as the reasons for the West Virginia textbook controversy. (DE)

This is an exploratory paper which describes six Korean churches in Chicago, Illinois. The report provides historical background on the Korean people and on the social structure of their community in Chicago. The data is based on information collected on the churches during the period from June 1967 to March 1968. Methods used to gather the data…

This study discusses the preaching of William Ellery Channing and Theordore Parker as it contributed to the theological development of American intellectual life. Employing Cathcart's concept of "dialectical enjoinment," this study suggests that Channing and Parker exerted a restricted emphasis because communication with the larger…

Based both on library research and field research, the author's effort has been to reconstruct the history of the Catawba Indians, concentrating on their external relations from prehistoric times up to the present, and to examine the manner in which this history is remembered and socially codified in the present by both whites and Catawba Indians.…

Traces the litigious history of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in the First Amendment area, specifically the right of ISKCON followers to practice sankirtan in public places. (FL)

The Great Awakening (a period of intense religious revivalism between 1730 and 1745) is analyzed as a mechanism of social change." (Author/SE)

Presented at the 66th Annual Convention of the National Catholic Educational Association, Detroit, Michigan, April 7-10, 1969.

In arguing that the earth circles the sun, Galileo adopted a mode of reasoning that led not only to his prosecution by the church but also to the scientific methodology of hypothesis testing. (Author/JN)

Discusses the types of current confrontations regarding censorship in the schools and lists several reasons why issues involving censorship are occurring more frequently in recent years. (CHC)

Since Christmas activities in many schools are in violation of the U.S. Constitution, guidelines are given for evaluating Christmas activities in public schools. (JD)