Religion and Schooling in Contemporary America

Religion and Schooling in Contemporary America
Author: Thomas C. Hunt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2013-10-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135629374

With articles dealing with denomination, law, public policy and financing this anthology grants an evenhanded view of the impact of religion on our nation's public schools.

Teacher's Guide for Pathways to Pluralism

Teacher's Guide for Pathways to Pluralism
Author: Robert A. Spivey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 123
Release: 1990-01-01
Genre: United States
ISBN: 9780201221787

Any program used to teach about religion in the social studies must meet certain criteria. The materials must be socially significant and suitable to the classroom. The teaching strategy must promote genuine learning, taking every safeguard to prevent indoctrination. Only then is the public school teacher warranted, legally and morally, to undertake an in-depth examination of religious traditions. Each of the 10 studies presented in the text "Pathways to Pluralism" has an integrity of its own. While it is not necessary that these studies be used in a fixed sequence, it is important that any study chosen be used in its entirety in order to promote objectivity. Free inquiry and induction are characteristic of the materials. Students are asked to analyze source materials related to religion and the social studies, and on the basis of the information provided, are asked to develop their own positions. Then an open, informed class discussion permits students to present their own points of view, and respectfully consider positions different from the ones they have reached. This teacher's guide includes for each study: (1) a statement of the primary goals; (2) information to be considered in responding to the study questions in the text; (3) oral and written activities that may be presented at the conclusion of the study; (4) questions for further research; and (5) a vocabulary list. A correlation of this text with leading U.S. history textbooks is also provided. (Author/JB)

Reclaiming Pluralism in Economics

Reclaiming Pluralism in Economics
Author: Jerry Courvisanos
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2016-03-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317359879

Until the end of the early 1970s, from a history of economic thought perspective, the mainstream in economics was pluralist, but once neoclassical economics became totally dominant it claimed the mainstream as its own. Since then, alternative views and schools of economics increasingly became minorities in the discipline and were considered ‘heterodox’. This book is in honour of John Edward King who has an impressive publication record in the area of economic theory with specific interest in how economic thought in the past shapes current economic theory and enforces certain paths of economic policy and economic development. This book is divided into five themes based on King’s interests. The first theme looks at the challenge in trying to reclaim pluralism in economics. The second faces head-on the direct collision of mainstream economics with history of economic thought and heterodox economics. The third addresses classical economic ideas, their central influence in the past and how they can still primarily guide modern pluralist economics. The fourth examines Post Keynesian and Kaleckian economics with a view to providing a more coherent and extensive branch of heterodox economics. The final theme critiques the policy of neoliberalism that has entrenched itself in capitalist economies which have led to financial, industrial, labour, and behavioural/consumerist crises. This text aims to provide a clear path for pluralism to serve the economics discipline as its standard bearer, and to no longer be merely a heterodox challenge to the mainstream. This book is of interest to those who study history of economic thought, political economy and heterodox economics.

Educational Pluralism and Democracy

Educational Pluralism and Democracy
Author: Ashley Rogers Berner
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2024-05-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1682538966

A revolutionary proposal for a conceptual and organizational framework for US public education that benefits all citizens.

Hinduism for Schools

Hinduism for Schools
Author: Seeta Lakhani
Publisher: Hindu Academy
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2020-06-11
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

This book can be used by lay readers as well as students of Short and Full GCSE Courses in Hinduism. Every section has a special section entitled Breadth of Vision that offers deeper insights into religious teachings. This book places a greater emphasis on contemporary version of Hinduism, in contrast to what have now become antiquated versions. Hinduism is a living religion, constantly evolving and refreshing the message of spirituality through the teachings of its contemporary proponents. Western authors writing on Hinduism have often overlooked this feature. Many textbooks on Hinduism are Abrahamic Versions of Hinduism; this book presents a Hindu version of Hinduism focusing on its core teachings of: * The divinity of Man ~ or Spiritual humanism * Religious Pluralism promoted as a central tenet of religion * Religion reconciled with rationality * Emphasis on experiential religion * Spirituality as the common subject matter of both religions and modern sciences

The X-Manual

The X-Manual
Author: Peter J. Bellini
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2022-04-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1666796735

The title of the book, The X-Manual, is taken from the word exousia, from the subtitle. It is the Greek word for authority. The word is used throughout the New Testament. For our purposes, it is used to express the divine authority or right to cast out demons--"I have given you authority [exousia] to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you" (Luke 10:19 NIV). Jesus gives believers authority to cast out demons. This book is about spiritual authority over evil. The X-Manual is a practical "how to" handbook for clergy and laity on deliverance and exorcism. One reason I wrote the book is because so few understand and/or operate effectively in deliverance ministry. Nowhere is the church more inadequate or excessive than in deliverance ministry. The X-Manual contains specific time-tested biblical instructions on selecting and training a deliverance team, pre-deliverance work, the deliverance session, post-deliverance work, and other useful tools like the C1-13 instrument that helps determine if one needs deliverance. Deliverance is essential to the church's New Testament healing and evangelism ministry. It is time for the church to walk in the authority and power that Christ gave us to set the captives free!

Handbook of Psychology, Educational Psychology

Handbook of Psychology, Educational Psychology
Author: Irving B. Weiner
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 628
Release: 2012-10-16
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0470647779

Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, and forensic psychology.