Moral and social purpose of education

In the wake of the furious demonstrations and debates evoked by terrorist attacks in Paris and elsewhere, Dr.

Among pivotal historical moments in the United States, the civil rights movement stands out.

What is your plan for the end of the world as we know it?

How does God manifest himself in the world?

How should Christians respond to terrorism and terrorists in their midst?

Practicing Pilgrimage: On Being and Becoming God's Pilgrim People explores both the theological, cultural, and spiritual roots of Christian pilgrimage, and is a "e;how-to"e; book on doing pilgrimage in our suburban backyards, city streets, rural roads, churches, retreat centers, and our everyday life.

What constitutes the good life and authentic Christian leadership in a high-speed technological society geared to perpetual economic growth?

Harold J.

Thomas Aquinas and William Langland inherited the dynamic metaphor of journeying as a fundamental concept of the Christian life and harnessed it to animate their magisterial texts: the Summa Theologiae and Piers Plowman.

Christianity has lost control of its brand.

Come to church or go to hell.

Papal infallibility and biblical inerrancy provide the conceptual foundations of theocracy, which is to say religiously-based totalitarianism.

Confronting Religious Violence: Christian Humanism and the Moral Imagination tells the tale of Christian theocracy in the West.

Political philosophy is nothing other than looking at things political under the aspect of eternity.

In Ethics and the Autonomy of Philosophy, Bernard Walker sets out with two objectives.

The book explores how African Christians in Ghana can think eco-theologically about the nexus of mining, waste pollution, water pollution, and land degradation.

When was the last time that we heard some good news?

How would politics be different if Christians acknowledged Jesus Christ as the archetype of all rulers, democratic and nondemocratic?

We live in an ecological age.

In 2017 Christians around the world will mark the five hundredth anniversary of the Reformation.

Writing in part for secular humanists, non-Christians, and ex-Christians, Wallace locates the beginning of religious vilification of LBGTQ Americans: these attacks recycle earlier, equally reactionary political opposition to racial desegregation and equal rights for women.

Ethics in the West too often equates morality with universal moral principles, thus imposing lifestyles and moral criteria that do not respect differences and local histories.

It's Time presents a series of short stories highlighting an important but neglected aspect of life.

This book is an attempt to develop a dialogue between the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, Jean Porter's Thomistic theory of the natural law, and the virtue of solidarity as expressed in Catholic Social Teaching.

Gundamentalism and Where It Is Taking America is the work of James Atwood, a retired Presbyterian pastor and an avid deer hunter for half a century who has also been in the forefront of the faith community's fight for two constitutional rights: the right to keep and bear arms and the right to live in domestic tranquility, free of gun violence.

On the world stage, the Holy See acts as both a religious and a political actor.

An idol is a good thing.

The Beach Boys are one of rock's most enduring and enigmatic groups, and while the band has been the subject of numerous biographies and other in-depth studies, there has been no focused evaluation of the religious and spiritual themes in their work.

In this book, Stan Chu Ilo offers an integral theology of development and a critical social analysis of different development theories and practices in the world, especially in Africa.

Hate is unveiled on our streets.

Is it possible to found a Heideggerian ethic around the notion of a relationship to being (Bezug zum Seyn)?

Most Americans know the story of Pocahontas, but not the fact that she was a Christian, and the reasons for her dramatic conversion.

"e;The structural core problem of the Gnostic dualism between the god of creation and the god of redemption governs not only every religion of salvation and redemption.

The original recipients of the Letter of First Peter inhabited a radically different social context from our own.

La diversidad sigue siendo un desafío para la universidad.

This book examines jurisdictional differences in the role of the principle of the welfare interests of the child in common and civil law and focuses on differences within these two legal traditions.

John Dewey in this edition stresses the importance of the social and interactive processes of learning.

This volume outlines powerful theoretical and methodological approaches for expanding the possibilities of educational research.

Schools of To-morrow and The Schools of Utopia argue that education and learning are social and interactive processes, and thus the school itself is a social institution through which social reform can and should take place.

This book is a theological and political exploration of how Christianity may be compatible with polytheism, arguing that there is no singular "e;orthodoxy"e;, rather we see "e;polydoxy"e;.

This textbook develops early childhood teachers' capacity to effectively instruct democratic principles to our youngest citizens.

Queering the Stage: Inclusive Approaches to Performing Gender and Sexuality addresses a history of stereotyping and provides inclusive approaches to navigating gender and sexuality in a way that does not reduce the broad spectrum of LGBTQ+ communities into a single monolith.

Featuring current information and challenging perspectives on the latest issues and forces shaping the American educational system-with scholarship that is often cited as a primary source-Joel Spring introduces readers to the historical, political, social and legal foundations of education and to the profession of teaching in the United States.

A methodology for using philosophy to guide teaching preparation and practice

Rural Education and Queer Identities: Rural and (Out)Rooted explores the facets and intersections of rural education and Queer identities.

Wouldn't it be great if you could equip your school and yourself to face whatever the future might throw at you!

Over the last forty years, the International Journal of Lifelong Education has become a global leader in the field of research on adult education and lifelong learning.

This book offers a critical discussion on the necessity for 'difficult conversations' to take place in education, drawing on studies from across the UK.

This resource is for any busy teacher looking to enrich their lesson planning and support the development of critical thinking, problem-solving, and metacognition skills.

Using the drama classroom to shape an active, student-centred space and foster a new perspective for understanding the dramatherapeutic change-process, this book explores the processes that underpin the ways young people negotiate and perform their identities as ethical people.