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Blumhofer, Edith L. – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2004
The story is told of Aimee Semple McPherson, a star female evangelist in the USA in the 1920s. Theologically and in her own understanding of doctrine she resisted denominational or classical Pentecostalism and asserted her own view, stemming from Azusa Street, that the message of Spirit baptism belonged to the church at large.
Descriptors: Christianity, Religion, Philosophy, Churches
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Cohan, Sara – Social Education, 2005
This article features a brief history of the Armenian genocide. The Armenians are an ancient people who have existed since before the first century C.E. Armenia has gained and lost a tremendous amount of territory throughout its long and turbulent history. Boundaries of the past have extended from that of the present-day Republic of Armenia and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indo European Languages, Death, History
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Collins-Kreiner, Noga – Qualitative Report, 2005
The research methods of hermeneutics and semiotics were used to analyse maps of the Holy Land. The main conclusion of this study is how those methods could help us to read and understand maps. Other issues of concern are which religious elements actually appear and their form of representation in the range of maps. Narratives identified on the…
Descriptors: Maps, Semiotics, Hermeneutics, Christianity
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Smith, Lawanda – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2004
Southern fiction writer Flannery O'Connor once characterized the South as Christ-haunted, and having taught in the South for eight years now, I have come to appreciate O'Connor's evaluation. Most of the students I encounter understand one predominant way to practice Christian faith: assent to propositional theology. Most of them either accept this…
Descriptors: Christianity, Philosophy, Literary Genres, Course Organization
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Webster, R. Scott – International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2004
A holistic approach to spirituality indicates a spiritual development that is relevant for all students and not just for those who have a religious background. However, debates in England surrounding spirituality in education often generally locate it within the religious domain (Blake, 1996; Carr, 1995, 1999; Isherwood, 1999). Conceptualizing…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Foreign Countries, Religious Factors, Spiritual Development
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Hull, John M. – British Journal of Religious Education, 2004
The relation between Christian practical theology and religious education is discussed from a contextual perspective, commencing with a number of distinctions between various teaching processes which are then applied to the teaching of religion. The implications for a Christian philosophy of education are considered, and it is suggested that the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Educational Philosophy, Religious Education
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Saggio, Joseph J. – Christian Higher Education, 2004
The legacy of Christian higher education for Native Americans has been one of misunderstanding and missed opportunities since England's King James I decreed that an institution should be provided to educate the children of the Indians encountered by the Jamestown settlers in the early seventeenth century. This article briefly surveys the history…
Descriptors: Higher Education, American Indians, Christianity, Educational History
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Ahlquist, Dale – Christian Higher Education, 2005
English writer G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was an essayist, novelist, poet, and literary and social critic who was well known for his aphorisms, paradoxes, and Christian apologetics. Though his work was highly regarded in his lifetime, he went into a period of eclipse in the second half of the 20th century. Now he is being rediscovered by a new…
Descriptors: Christianity, Higher Education, Criticism, Educational Attitudes
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Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2008
In June 2005, shortly before Rev. John I. Jenkins, CSC, became president of the University of Notre Dame, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops released a pastoral statement, "Renewing Our Commitment to Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools in the Third Millennium." This document, building upon the rich experience of two…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Futures (of Society), School Role, Catholics
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Leyser, Yona; Romi, Shlomo – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2008
The study examined attitudes toward school inclusion of students with disabilities of 1,145 prospective teacher trainees from six national/religious groups in eleven colleges in Israel: The groups were secular, religious and ultra-orthodox Jews and Muslim, Christian and Druze Arabs. Participants responded to the "Opinion Related to Inclusion…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Higher Education, Behavior Problems, Jews
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Lawrence, Terry Anne – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2007
This literature review presents an overview of Christian higher education in the United States with particular attention to philosophical trends and their influence on institutions of Christian origin. This literature review is situated in the context of the discussion of the need, or lack thereof, for helping students integrate their faith with…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Christianity, Etiology, Beliefs
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Welch, Michael R.; Tittle, Charles R.; Grasmick, Harold G. – Social Forces, 2006
Survey data from a southwestern metropolitan area are used to analyze whether the ability of personal Christian religiosity to predict social conformity is spuriously due to self-control. Results indicate that both personal religiosity and self-control display statistically significant, independent negative net relationships with many forms of…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Metropolitan Areas, Religious Factors, Christianity
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Pinkard, Tracy J.; Heflinger, Craig Anne – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2006
The past decade has shown a surge of interest in faith-based resources for a variety of social problems. However, these resources have not been systematically studied for children with emotional and behavioral problems. We investigated religious activity and use of pastoral counseling among Protestant youth with serious emotional disorders (SED)…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Protestants, Emotional Disturbances, Religion
Ashley, Martin – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2006
This paper argues that an anthropocentric fallacy permeates thinking within both technological and ecological approaches to environmentalism. In consequence, sustainable development is an incoherent concept through the weakness of its anthropocentric ethical grounding. Using the Judaeo-Christian tradition as an example, this paper examines the…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Ethics, Religious Factors, Environmental Education
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Mosher, Lucinda Allen – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2006
This paper asserts that Continuing Education aimed at equipping Christian leaders (lay and ordained) to carry out their ministries in the midst of America's increasing religious diversity in a way that views this diversity positively must be two-pronged: (1) it must provide accurate information about the beliefs and practices of the neighbors, and…
Descriptors: Religious Cultural Groups, Religion, Continuing Education, Christianity
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