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TL;DR: A recent conference of specialists on the study of Muslims in South Asia identified as one of the neglected areas of their field the work of traditional religious institutions in the modern period as discussed by the authors, such as the sufi orders, the religious schools, and the system of pious endowments have been treated only in their relation to political developments.
Abstract: A Recent conference of specialists on the study of Muslims in South Asia identified as one of the neglected areas of their field the study of traditional religious institutions in the modern period. Such institutions as the sufi orders, the religious schools, and the system of pious endowments have been treated, if at all, only in their relation to political developments. Thus the leading theological academy of modern India, the Dār ul-'Ulūm of Deoband, has been studied because many of its ulama played an important role in nationalist politics in India and opposed the foundation of Pakistan. That motive for study has seriously distorted the treatment of the nineteenth-century history of the school, endowing it with an anti-British and revolutionary character when, in fact, the school's concerns were totally a-political. An investigation of the early history of the school suggests many other significant historical themes, notably an important incipient trend toward a formal bureaucratization of the ulama and their institutions. Studies of religious institutions outside India such as Gilsenan's study of the Hamidiya Shadhiliya order in modern Egypt and Roff's study of the Majlis Ugama in Malaysia4 suggest that successful functioning in the modern period has required such a transformation in organizational structure. This article describes the organization of Deoband in its initial decades.

54 citations





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TL;DR: In this elderly population, religious beliefs and attitudes remain important considerations, which should therefore be of concern to all those involved in the care of the elderly.
Abstract: A study is reported of the religious beliefs, attitudes, and practice of old people in the West of Scotland, based on a questionnaire given to 501 people aged 65 years and over randomly selected from those living at home. Almost all had had a full range of religious instruction, and regarded their parents as religious. Weekly church attendance was commoner among Catholics (70%) than Protestants (40%), among women than men, among those whose beliefs were those of organized religion, and among those with unrestricted mobility. The pattern of participation in church organizations and social activities was similar. A firm belief in an after-life was expressed by 80% of Catholics and 60% of Protestants, and higher proportions derived comfort from religion, especially in bereavement. Over 70% expressed no fear of their own death. In this elderly population, religious beliefs and attitudes remain important considerations, which should therefore be of concern to all those involved in the care of the elderly.

8 citations



Book
01 Jan 1978

5 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the MODERN CATECHETICAL MOVEMENT in ROMAN CATHOLICISM: ISSUES and PERSONALITIES, the authors present a survey of the modern catECHETical movement in Roman Catholicism.
Abstract: (1978). THE MODERN CATECHETICAL MOVEMENT IN ROMAN CATHOLICISM: ISSUES AND PERSONALITIES. Religious Education: Vol. 73, No. sup1, pp. 77-91.

5 citations


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TL;DR: The PEDAGOGY OF CONVERSION : MISSIONARY EDUCATION TO SLAVES in the BRITISH WEST INDIES, 1800-1833 as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: (1978). THE PEDAGOGY OF CONVERSION : MISSIONARY EDUCATION TO SLAVES IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIES, 1800–1833. Paedagogica Historica: Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 356-374.

4 citations


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TL;DR: The EDUCATIONAL MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH as mentioned in this paper is an organization of the United Church of Christ, whose purpose is to provide an education for all the members of the Church.
Abstract: (1978). V WHAT IS THE EDUCATIONAL MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH? Religious Education: Vol. 73, No. 4, pp. 429-439.

4 citations



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TL;DR: Some sober thinking about very important questions relative to "appreciating the strengths in differences" is presented in this article, where the authors focus on the strengths of differences in differences.
Abstract: Some sober thinking about very important questions relative to “appreciating the strengths in differences.”





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TL;DR: Harper as discussed by the authors was the founder of the religious education association and was a leader in the progress of the progressiveness of the ERA in the United States, in the early 1970s.
Abstract: (1978). PART I ‐‐ THE PROGRESSIVE ERA WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER: FOUNDER OF THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. Religious Education: Vol. 73, No. sup1, pp. 7-16.



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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an address from Christian nursing to religious education: the BRITISH EXPERIENCE, focusing on the relationship between faith and the British experience.
Abstract: (1978). KEYNOTE ADDRESS FROM CHRISTIAN NURTURE TO RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE. Religious Education: Vol. 73, No. 2, pp. 124-143.


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TL;DR: In this paper, the Intensive Journal Method and The Transitions of Life: A Program for Pastoral Use are used to teach the transition of life in a religious education program.
Abstract: (1978). VI The Intensive Journal Method and The Transitions of Life: A Program for Pastoral Use. Religious Education: Vol. 73, No. 3, pp. 314-322.



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TL;DR: The Public Education Religion Studies Center (PERSC) as discussed by the authors was established at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio to encourage and facilitate increased and improved teaching about religion within con stitutional bounds, mainly in elementary and pub lic schools, and where applicable in relevant areas of post-secondary education.
Abstract: Offering courses in the academic study of religion is a growing trend in secondary educa tion. While the Supreme Court decision in the 1963 Murray vs. Curlett and Abington vs. Schempp cases ruled against prayer and Bible reading as school-sponsored devotional activities, religion studies, when conducted as an objective, academic study included as a regular component of the curriculum, were given specific sanction in those same rulings. Since those decisions, the growth of religion studies has been largely at the secondary level, particularly in literature and so cial studies. 1 In response to the needs in this growing curricular field, the Public Education Religion Studies Center was established in 1972 at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. The Center'^ ob jectives are to encourage and facilitate increased and improved teaching about religion within con stitutional bounds, mainly in elementary and pub lic schools, and where applicable in relevant areas of post-secondary education. PERSC's Professional Advisory Council, which comprises public school teachers and ad ministrators, teacher educators, religion scholars, and representatives of a variety of religious faiths, established general goals for public education re ligion studies (Bracher e t al., Public EducatiotiReligion Studies, 1974), criteria for evaluating cur riculum materials, guidelines for teacher education programs, and guidelines for teacher competency (Bracher e t al, Religion Studies, 1974). The evaluation of the conduct of religion studies in schools has been limited by a number of circumstances. The very fact that religion stud ies are often naturally included as a part of a larger rubric such as "literature" or "social stud ies" means that the evaluation of a distinct re ligion studies component is often difficult if not impossible. The research that has been done has been mainly concerned with the church-state issues of practice and indoctrination rather than with academic study. Therefore, although stan dards exist to guide appropriate religion studies in a public school, the research question of how effectively these standards were being imple mented remained unanswered. Hence, the authors of this article determined as a first step to survey the attitudes of secondary students enrolled in religion studies courses to determine their evalua tion of the instruction they had received.

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01 Sep 1978-Theology


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the nurturing of philosophical possibility in the context of religious education, and discuss the role of faith in the development of belief in the future.
Abstract: (1978). IV THE NURTURING OF PROPHETIC POSSIBILITY. Religious Education: Vol. 73, No. 4, pp. 416-16.