This paper discusses the problem of the value of the individual child, particularly the handicapped child who will never be able to compensate society for the resources devoted to caring for and teaching him/her. Attention is first given to secular arguments on human value, then to observations drawn from Christianity. (Author/SJL)

Describes how Eastern University in Pennsylvania aims to recreate its Christian environment in its distance courses. (EV)

Examines secular dimensions and international concerns relating to Christian privilege in public education and workplace settings, focusing on: the separation of religion and state; accommodating versus designating religious, spiritual, and faith-based public space; and the United States as an unacknowledged and uncontested Christian state.…

Examined how current religious preference, attendance at religious services, importance of religion, and Christian rebirth were related to perceived stress among college students (N=195) in a communitywide survey. Found no association between any of the religiousness variables and perceived stress. (Author/ABL)

Discusses the effect of liberalism on the African understanding of education, community, and religion. Describes ways in which the European intrusion, that is, colonial governments, schools, and churches, undermined traditional African life and thought. (DM)

Highlights religious themes in Alice Walker's "The Color Purple," especially Celie's struggle with traditional Christianity, which here serves to reinforce oppression. Her journey toward spiritual independence reflects much of the actual religious experience of Black women in America. (DM)

Explores the use of the Bible as a resource in therapy. Provides a Bible Resource Subject Index, and offers several techniques on the use of the Bible in individual and group therapy. (SR)

Christian therapists were surveyed concerning beliefs and behaviors regarding sexual attraction and sexual expression toward their clients (N=500). Responses are compared with those from a similar survey of 456 psychologists selected without regard to religious values. Religious factors that may increase the stigma of admitting sexual attraction…

Traces the historical path of Christian Humanism and suggests that today they are isolated from the main body of humanists. Proposes that it is appropriate for present-day humanists to actively include Christian Humanists into their group. Contends that this action is timely and prudent because of the sizable numbers of Christian Humanists.…

Examining religious roots of individualism and collectivism and seeing them as defining alternative conceptions of the person-other relationship reveals close links between Christianity and the former and rabbinic Judaism and the latter. Dominant Christian views have framed debates on individualism-collectivism, defining options available for…

Recent changes in oath-taking in Kirundi-Kinyarwanda are presented and interpreted. Shows that new oath variants create quantitative and qualitative variability in form, significance, and use in the conceptualization and meaning of oaths. Such changes were initiated largely by European Christian missionaries who arrived in Burundi and Rwanda at…

Secular pluralism in contemporary culture and current theological divisions within churches have important implications for Christian education. This paper addresses the question of how religious commitments can be made and convictions held outside of polarizing and exclusionary understandings of truth, and without the presence of uncontested…

While praxis-oriented educational methodologies have become nearly normative in adult Christian religious education, an individualist framework still colors many of the approaches involved. Participants gather for reflection, but are sent individually for action in the world. Yet, the complexities of issues that Christians are called to address as…

Christian religious educators in the Religious Education Association are challenged to reclaim their theological nerve and their partnership in public conversations about the educational practices of U.S. society. Beginning with the work of Randolph Crump Miller in the 1950s, this essay traces through the pages of Religious Education the dialogue…

Pentecostalism began in North America and spread across the globe. It grew out of the ferment of American religious life and manifested elements of Wesleyan Methodism and Holiness theology. The Azusa Street revival after 1906 facilitated its world-wide dissemination. After the 1960s the charismatic movement or "second wave" provided further…