The history and practices of the Hutterite communal society in America are outlined. Every Hutterite child attends a German school for 101/2 hours per week. Major emphasis is on skills of reading and writing German, and the language serves to unite the group in its spiritual and cultural heritage. (CHK)

This report describes family centered employment strategies. It begins with a look at the economics of families in poverty and provides a brief outline of the many ways in which employment and training programs have begun to work with families. The report then examines the work of four employment programs now offering employment services to…

The word Islam means submission, as in "submission to the will of God." Islam in China has been propagated over the past 1,300 years primarily among the people now known as "Hui." Hui teaching (Hui jiao) was the general term once used in China for Islam. The Hui are unique among the 55 identified minority nationalities in China…

Current history textbooks include Christianity when discussing U.S. history. A study systematically examined the content of 10 secondary U.S. history textbooks to evaluate how Christianity is portrayed. Selection of the textbooks was based upon information supplied by the Texas Education Agency and the American Textbook Council and represented the…

Historical and comparative study of Haitian Creole and the ceremonial language of the Voodoo cult. (RS)

Describes programs conducted by Tenri University in Nara Prefecture, the only religious city in Japan. (MB)

Amish parents who refused to enroll their children in high school (because of religous tenets) violated the Wisconsin Compulsory School Attendance Law. The court ruled the law unconstitutional as it applied to these parents; this opens issues for current community control. (DM)

Educational institutions that African nations inherited from the colonial powers are not linked to the realities of present-day African needs. (Author/RA)

Data from the 1957 Current Popualtion Survey of Religion and from the NORC study of June 1961 college graduates indicate that denominational homogeneity in marriage exists for at least three-quarters of the major religious denominations, including the various groups within Protestantism." (Author/SE)

Claims that most traditional writers on the history of reform and centralization of urban school administration dwell on the influence of bureaucracy and social class and ignore significant ethnic and religious factors. A 1920 centralization vote in San Francisco is an example of a reform dependent on support of various groups from different…

The author cites Dewey to indicate that moral instruction is of central concern to public educators, but that attempts by Christian fundamentalists to restrict this teaching to doctrinaire formulas should be resisted. Originally presented as a speech at the 1980 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Philosophy of Education Society. (SJL)

Investigates the sociolinguistic interaction between language behavior, religious affiliation, and degree of bilingualism in a group of Pennsylvania Germans. Also explores the nature of bilingualism and language contact phenomena in order to gain an understanding of ethnic subcultures and strategies to maintain their identity. (Author/MES)

The historically sectional nature of the Presbyterian Church is examined as a case study which illustrates how study of the geography of religious groups can be applied at various academic levels. (AV)