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Carmody, Brendan – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2006
As countries' populations become more religiously diverse, a need to review the religious education syllabus that operates is often perceived. One such country is Zambia, which was not only traditionally religiously diverse but has become even more so with the advent of Christianity, Islam and Hinduism and other non-African faiths. This article…
Descriptors: Christianity, Integrity, Foreign Countries, Islam
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Elias, Jacob W. – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2006
This article is a presentation and discussion of a seminary course on the Corinthian Correspondence. The pedagogical model for this course was structured to parallel the pattern of Paul's pastoral care from a distance as he relates to the Corinthian congregation by personal visits, delegations from and to the congregation, letters from and to the…
Descriptors: Letters (Correspondence), Theological Education, Models, Teaching Methods
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Torstenson-Ed, Tullie – British Journal of Religious Education, 2006
What kind of perceptions of God do children have? Do they believe in God? Does change take place over time and is there a connection with changes in society? These questions are answered on the basis of texts and surveys involving children between 8 and 12 years of age in Sweden during 2002 and similar material from the years 1969, 1979 and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childhood Attitudes, Beliefs, Christianity
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Okuda, Kazuhiro – Religious Education, 2006
Protestant Christianity was brought to Japan during the modernization of that country in the middle of the nineteenth century. Before the Second World War, except for a short time, Christianity in Japan as a Western religion had experienced a difficult course of history because of hostility due to nationalism of the populace and the leaders of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Power Structure, Christianity, War
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Pattman, Rob; Cockerill, Megan – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2007
In HIV and AIDS and life skills education in southern Africa peer education has been advocated as a way of democratizing relations between educators and students and encouraging participatory pedagogies. But what makes a peer educator, or rather how do people make themselves peer educators? Similarities in terms of age, social status and…
Descriptors: Health Education, Moral Values, Gender Differences, Christianity
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Bartkowski, John P.; Call, Vaughn R. A.; Heaton, Tim B.; Forste, Renata – Research on Social Work Practice, 2007
Despite increased attention to religious organizations as an ally in America's welfare-to-work revolution, faith- based employment assistance programs have garnered little attention from scholars. This study seeks to fill this gap by examining intake and follow-up survey data collected from clients of Employment Resource Centers sponsored by the…
Descriptors: Religious Organizations, Career Centers, Christianity, Job Applicants
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Francis, Leslie J.; Robbins, Mandy; Lewis, Christopher Alan; Barnes, L. Philip; Sion, Tania ap – Educational Research, 2007
Background: Northern Ireland is a province that remains deeply divided between Protestants and Catholics and maintains a segregated system of schools. Purpose: The research builds on a series of studies conducted in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s to monitor the attitude toward Christianity of males and females educated in Protestant and Catholic…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Protestants, Catholics, Females
Rinehard, Roy W. – Marquette University Education Review, 1975
This paper discusses aspects of the philosophy of Christian education implied in F. J. Sheed's book entitled "Christ in the Classroom." (RC)
Descriptors: Christianity, Education, Educational Philosophy, Parochial Schools
Linskens, John; Elizondo, Virgil – Momentum, 1975
Authors addressed themselves to the problem of defining the role of the Catholic Church in developing ethnic interaction and ethnic identity. (RK)
Descriptors: Catholics, Christianity, Church Role, Cultural Pluralism
Buri, John R. – 1990
Two misconceptions about the apparent burgeoning interest in the relationship between psychology and Christianity are discussed: that the interest in this dialogue is equally operative on both sides and that those involved in this dialogue share a common set of understandings. The history of the relationship between psychology and Christianity is…
Descriptors: Christianity, Interdisciplinary Approach, Psychology, Religious Factors
Wiethoff, William E. – 1980
This paper examines Saint Augustine's obscurantist preferences in popular preaching (as distinguished from his episcopal instructions to other clergy) as a way of identifying one of the classical influences on Christian rhetorical strategy. The first section of the paper offers a comparison of Augustine's theoretical approval of homiletic…
Descriptors: Christianity, Language Styles, Language Usage, Philosophy
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Jarvis, Peter – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1987
This paper locates Paulo Freire within the prophetic tradition of the Christian Church and seeks to examine the basis of his thinking from this perspective. The paper includes four parts: (1) the social context of Freire's work; (2) development and modernization; (3) the place of education; and (4) a concluding discussion. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Christianity, Educational Philosophy, Religious Education
Lattis, James M. – Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, 1984
An examination of how St. Thomas Aquinas makes use of science in his theological works provides an understanding of the relations of medieval science and the Christian theology of the Middle Ages. Two issues are examined: the problem of the nature and existence of God and the question of the eternity of the world. (RM)
Descriptors: Christianity, European History, Medieval History, Relationship
Wakefield, Dara – 1998
Five prescriptions for evangelism are offered from five different schools of thought in educational psychology. Since understanding and the integration of truth are a central theme in evangelism, how do humans process truth? This paper constructs hypothetical evangelistic scenarios according to behaviorist, cognitive processing, interactivist,…
Descriptors: Christianity, Educational Psychology, Learning Theories, Models
Keefe, Carolyn – 1998
This paper considers the British thinker C.S. Lewis as a "forensic figure," defining "forensic" in the sense of public discussion and debate. The paper relates that, long before Lewis emerged as a public persuader, he learned to hold his own in private exchanges with William T. Kirkpatrick, his tutor from 1914-1917, and in…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Authors, Christianity, Persuasive Discourse
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