Encyclopedia of Christian Education

Encyclopedia of Christian Education
Author: George Thomas Kurian
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 1667
Release: 2015-05-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0810884933

Christianity regards teaching as one of the most foundational and critically sustaining ministries of the Church. As a result, Christian education remains one of the largest and oldest continuously functioning educational systems in the world, comprising both formal day schools and higher education institutions as well as informal church study groups and parachurch ministries in more than 140 countries. In The Encyclopedia of Christian Education, contributors explore the many facets of Christian education in terms of its impact on curriculum, literacy, teacher training, outcomes, and professional standards. This encyclopedia is the first reference work devoted exclusively to chronicling the unique history of Christian education across the globe, illustrating how Christian educators pioneered such educational institutions and reforms as universal literacy, home schooling, Sunday schools, women’s education, graded schools, compulsory education of the deaf and blind, and kindergarten. With an editorial advisory board of more than 30 distinguished scholars and five consulting editors, TheEncyclopedia of Christian Education contains more than 1,200 entries by 400 contributors from 75 countries. These volumes covers a vast range of topics from Christian education: History spanning from the church’s founding through the Middle Ages to the modern day Denominational and institutional profiles Intellectual traditions in Christian education Biblical and theological frameworks, curricula, missions, adolescent and higher education, theological training, and Christian pedagogy Biographies of distinguished Christian educators This work is ideal for scholars of both the history of Christianity and education, as well as researchers and students of contemporary Christianity and modern religious education.

Juridical Foundation to Religious Education in the Post-Soviet Eastern European State

Juridical Foundation to Religious Education in the Post-Soviet Eastern European State
Author: Vitaliy V. Proshak
Publisher: Wolf Legal Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Church and state
ISBN: 9789058507877

This book - written within the frameworks of the program Christianity & Society, Tilburg School of Catholic Theology, Tilburg University - investigates the existing juridical foundation to religious education in Ukraine, an Eastern European state of the post-Soviet Eastern Block, in order to promote the democratic notion of religious tolerance and the development of a culture of living together in the multicultural and poly-confessional society. The main research focus is on the national juristic canons and the interpretations in the broader European spectrum of religious education. For this purpose, the following juridical constitutional and administrative/public laws of Ukraine are considered: the Constitution of Ukraine and educational law of Ukraine.

Religious Education at Schools in Europe

Religious Education at Schools in Europe
Author: Martin Rothgangel
Publisher: V&R Unipress
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2020-04-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3847011243

At a time when educational issues have increasingly come to determine the social and political discourse and major reforms of the education system are being discussed and implemented, and when migration has become a significant phenomenon, contributing to changes in the religious landscape of the European continent, it is highly appropriate to focus the attention on the concrete situation regarding religious education. This volume contains – again on the basis of thirteen key questions – the countries of Eastern Europe (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation and Ukraine). The aim of the series "Religious Education at Schools in Europe" is to create a foundation for further action in the field of education, especially with regard to interfaith expertise.

Religious Diversity in Post-Soviet Society

Religious Diversity in Post-Soviet Society
Author: Milda Ališauskiene
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2016-04-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1317066960

Since the end of state repression against religion, two major processes have taken place in the formerly socialist countries: historically dominant churches strive to reassert their position in society, while new religious groups and ideas from various parts of the world are proliferating. This generates pluralism of religious communities and individual religious attitudes. Religious Diversity in Post-Soviet Society presents the first collection of ethnographies of this new religious diversity for Lithuania, a country that has a long history of a dominant Catholic Church. The authors reveal how Catholicism has become increasingly diversified and other religions (Charismatic Protestantism, Baltic Paganism, Eastern religions and other alternative spiritualities) are claiming their space in the religious field.

Citizens in the Making in Post-Soviet States

Citizens in the Making in Post-Soviet States
Author: Olena Nikolayenko
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2011-03-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1136824537

The political outlook of young people in the countries of the former Soviet Union is crucial to their countries’ future political development. This is particularly relevant now as the first generation without firsthand experience of communism at first hand is approaching adulthood. Based on extensive original research and including new survey research amongst young people, this book examines young people’s political outlook in countries of the former Soviet Union; it compares and contrasts Russia, where authoritarianism has begun to reassert itself, and Ukraine, which experienced a democratic breakthrough in the aftermath of the Orange Revolution. The book examines questions such as: How supportive is this new generation of the new political order? What images of the Soviet Union prevail in the minds of young people? How much trust does youth place in current political and public institutions? Addressing these questions is crucial to understanding the extent to which the current regimes can survive on the wave of public support. The book argues that Russian adolescents tend to place more trust in the incumbent president and harbour more regrets about the disintegration of the Soviet Union than their peers in Ukraine; it demonstrates that young people distrust political parties and politicians, and that patriotic education shapes social and political values.

Law and Language

Law and Language
Author: Harold J. Berman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2013-08-08
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 110703342X

Berman's long-lost tract shows how properly negotiated, translated and formalised legal language is essential to fostering peace and common understanding.

Education and Civic Culture in Post-Communist Countries

Education and Civic Culture in Post-Communist Countries
Author: S. Webber
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2016-01-20
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230287026

The vivid discussion on civil society in Eastern Europe that flourished during the late 1980s and early 1990s has faded somewhat, and been partly replaced by new attempts to conceptualise the nature of social change taking place in these countries. This book strives to continue and go beyond the civil society discourse by analysing the interrelationship between education and civic culture in post-communist countries. The volume offers detailed case studies, written by specialists from the region and from Western Europe and North America, examining everyday patterns of civic culture; the linkage between education and national identity, ethnicity, gender and religion; the experience and attitudes of youth; and attempts to render education systems better suited to the demands of post-communist society.

Orthodox Religion and Politics in Contemporary Eastern Europe

Orthodox Religion and Politics in Contemporary Eastern Europe
Author: Tobias Koellner
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2018-12-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1351018922

This book explores the relationship between Orthodox religion and politics in Eastern Europe, Russia and Georgia. It demonstrates how as these societies undergo substantial transformation Orthodox religion can be both a limiting and an enabling factor, how the relationship between religion and politics is complex, and how the spheres of religion and politics complement, reinforce, influence, and sometimes contradict each other. Considering a range of thematic issues, with examples from a wide range of countries with significant Orthodox religious groups, and setting the present situation in its full historical context the book provides a rich picture of a subject which has been too often oversimplified.

Importing the Law in Post-Communist Transitions

Importing the Law in Post-Communist Transitions
Author: Catherine Dupré
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2003-03-14
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1841131318

This book is a unique study of the birth of a new legal system after the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe.