Education

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615968773Author Robert E DaleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Larry Czerwonka Company, LLCPublisher Larry Czerwonka Company, LLCWeight(grams) 299g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988414549Author Dale Roy EricksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint Prayerful Publishing, Inc.Publisher Prayerful Publishing, Inc.Weight(grams) 181g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984664344Author Mike BreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint 3dm InternationalPublisher 3dm InternationalWeight(grams) 86gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

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* Provocative readings of biblical stories, with thoughts on what they are saying to the church * Listens for critique rather than support, encouraging us to hear Jesus fresh Inside the Church, we are constantly and consistently reading the gospels...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692027738Author Victoria L WoodsFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Advanced Flowing PublishingPublisher Advanced Flowing PublishingWeight(grams) 172g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992719005Author Werner De SaegerFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Brattle WestPublisher Brattle West

This book deals with themes concerning religious education and the spirituality of children. Throughout the seventeen chapters, the book stimulates a scholarly discussion about children and theology. The book makes clear that classical Christian theology...

No one would seriously doubt that religion classes constitute one of the most important forums for religious communication in our time. In order to practice religious education in an appropriate manner, it is crucial that teachers and students have...

The growth of secularisation, pluralism and globalisation have placed the West's traditional monoreligious education under pressure. Christianity no longer possesses a privileged position in Western Europe. Since the 1970's, a number of scholars have...

Focusing on the academic study of religion, Claiming Identity in the Study of Religion is the first in a series that grapples with the historicity of identity and the social and rhetorical techniques that make claims to identity possible. In this volume,...

"Religion" in Theory and Practice follows on from McCutcheon's 2014 Equinox book Entanglements: Marking Place in the Field of Religion by offering both an overview of the current state of theory in the academic study of religion as well as examining a...

Thirty or forty years ago, the phrase "method and theory" in Religious Studies scholarship referred to more social scientific approaches to the study of religion, as opposed to the more traditional theological hermeneutics common to the field. Today,...

What does it mean to "do theory" in the study of religion today? The terms "method and theory" are now found in course titles, curricula/degree requirements, area/comprehensive exams, and frequently listed as competencies on the CVs of scholars from...

What does it mean to "do theory" in the study of religion today? The terms "method and theory" are now found in course titles, curricula/degree requirements, area/comprehensive exams, and frequently listed as competencies on the CVs of scholars from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644691168Author Jon A LevisohnFormat HardbackPage Count 290Imprint Academic Studies PressPublisher Academic Studies PressWeight(grams) 581g

The study of classical Jewish texts is flourishing in day schools and adult education, synagogues and summer camps, universities and yeshivot. But serious inquiry into the practices and purposes of such study is far rarer. In Turn it and Turn it Again, a...

Though they are intimately related, most textbooks cover either religious studies or theology, leaving students lacking in exposure to one or the other of these associated disciplines. Religious Studies and Theology: An Introduction offers a...

Reclaiming Goodness: Education and the Spiritual Quest begins with the premise that sound models for achieving both spiritual fulfillment and the "good life" are lacking in contemporary culture. Arguing that contemporary education is...

Religion, Scholarship, and Higher Education explores foundational issues surrounding the interaction of religion and the academy in the twenty-first century. Featuring the work of eighteen scholars from diverse institutional, disciplinary, and religious...

Religion, Scholarship, and Higher Education explores foundational issues surrounding the interaction of religion and the academy in the twenty-first century. Featuring the work of eighteen scholars from diverse institutional, disciplinary, and religious...

Reclaiming Goodness: Education and the Spiritual Quest begins with the premise that sound models for achieving both spiritual fulfillment and the "good life" are lacking in contemporary culture. Arguing that contemporary education is responsible for...

This book presents a range of perspectives on the current state of Catholic education in the opening decades of the twenty-first century. All of the chapters have their origin in an International Conference on Catholic Education, held at Heythrop College...

Using Josef Pieper's Leisure as a point of departure, the contributors to this volume share a mutual concern for the diminishing role of the liberal arts in Catholic higher education. The overwhelming impression they share is that U.S. Catholic...

Entanglements attempts to argue against those who claim that scholarship on the category religion is only of secondary interest, in that it fails to do primary research on real religions. The volume collects eighteen responses, written across twenty...

The contributions in this book all concern the Building Block Approach to the study of religions as proposed and explored by Professor Ann Taves (University of California, Santa Barbara) during the last 30 years. This approach suggests that analysis of...

This volume, while not the first to explore and critique the concept of Jewish identity, makes two important interventions into contemporary understandings of American Jewish life. It is the first collection to critically examine the relationship between...

The rise in the numbers of women in the field of religion does not mean that it is always easy for women starting out nor that women no longer face isolation. This manual offers practical help in negotiating the mine-field of an academic career. The...

When the Secular Becomes Sacred: Religious Secular Humanism and its Effects Upon America's Public Learning Institutions is an analysis of American K-16 public learning institutions from a unique perspective. Secular teachings, such as social-emotional...

Shenoute of Atripe and the Rise of Monastic Education in Egypt addresses the monastic teachings of Shenoute of Atripe, an Egyptian author and monastic leader of the fourth and fifth centuries CE, as well as the literary and cultural context of his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914273377Author Paul CoxallFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint John Ritchie LtdPublisher John Ritchie Ltd

An indispensable resource for understanding religion's place in American schools and in matters concerning the separation of church and state in the United States. The framers of the American Constitution, in drafting the so-called "Establishment...

The revival of madrasas in the 1980s coincided with the rise of political Islam and soon became associated with the "clash of civilizations" between Islam and the West. This volume examines the rapid expansion of madrasas across Asia and the Middle East...

Following the events of September 11, 2001, public focus has been on the power of religion. This book addresses the role of religious education in a world where terrorism has impacted on western democracy. Through an analysis and evaluation of the models...

The study of classical Jewish texts is flourishing in day schools and adult education, synagogues and summer camps, universities and yeshivot. But serious inquiry into the practices and purposes of such study is far rarer. In this book, a diverse...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980581829Author Amethyst TrelevenFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Oak and MistletoePublisher Oak and MistletoeWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

When faculty unexpectedly encounter students' religious ideologies in the classroom, they may respond with apprehension, frustration, dread, or concern. Instructors may view this exchange as a confrontation that threatens the very heart of empirical...

A book on teaching and learning in theological education, Decolonial Futures: Intercultural and Interreligious Intelligence for Theological Education is guided by the questions, "What makes education intercultural and interreligious?" "How might we...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925835878Author Ronald NooneFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University Publishing

This volume explores numerous themes (including the influence of ethnography on religious education research and pedagogy, the interpretive approach to religious education, the relationship between research and classroom practice in religious education),...