Invites us to engage in the creative process, live creative, authentic, playful lives. Berryman invites the reader into a creative process that explores what it means to be spiritually mature, starting with Jesus' injunction to "become like a child." What does this mean at the literal level? the figurative level? the mystical level? the ethical level? The structure of the process parallels the book's organization and the structure of Christian worship, as well as the arc of life itself. The steps on this journey begin when we enter, and the world of childlike maturity opens to us as we respond with inarticulate wonder and gratitude. Berryman includes stories and examples from his long career working with children, which adds warmth and appeal to the book. He has described this volume as his "summary, theological statement."

Susanne Krogull entwickelt basierend auf rekonstruierten Orientierungen junger Menschen, die an internationalen Begegnungen in Bolivien, Ruanda und Deutschland teilgenommen haben, drei Typen des Verstandnisses von Weltgesellschaft und zeigt, wie weltgesellschaftliches Lernen organisational beeinflusst wird. Wahrend sich alle Typen an Differenzen orientieren, differieren die Typen abhangig von ihrer Organisationszugehoerigkeit hinsichtlich der Fragen, wo Differenzen lokalisiert werden und wie sie zur Herstellung von Ordnung und fur Lernprozesse genutzt werden. Die Autorin liefert nicht nur einen empirischen Beitrag zu weltgesellschaftlichem Lernen in Begegnungsreisen, sondern gibt zahlreiche theoretische wie praxisbezogene Anregungen fur Lernprozesse im Kontext von Globalisierung.

Das Buch leistet auf empirischer Ebene einen Beitrag zur Debatte uber die Bedeutsamkeit unterschiedlicher religioeser Lernorte - insbesondere von Religionsunterricht und Katechese. Mit Hilfe von zwoelf leitfadengestutzten Interviews werden an biografischen Schnittstellen erste Kriterien und Parameter von Nachhaltigkeit und Wirksamkeit religioeser Lernprozesse gewonnen.

This book introduces us to the many criminal cases to be found in the Bible and provides many stimuli and methods for using these stories to teach religion in the classroom. The pupils become detectives: They study the crime scenes, discern how the crime went off, what motives and what effects it had. Then they turn to the theological and ethical repercussions of these matters. The teaching modules included in this volume invite the readers to discover, wonder at, trace and discuss the cases and thus sharpen their detective skills.A special highlight are the outdoor projects on the Biblical crime stories. Without having previous knowledge one can construct near the school one's own Biblical criminal rallye; equipped with GPS, compass or a simple map the students can go looking for the Biblical geocaches.

Only a century ago, almost all state universities held compulsory chapel services, and some required Sunday church attendance as well. Today, however, the once pervasive influence of religion in the intellectual and cultural life of America's preeminent colleges and universities has all but vanished. In The Soul of the American University, George M. Marsden explores how, and why, these dramatic changes occurred.

Far from a lament for a lost golden age when mainline Protestants ruled American education, The Soul of the American University offers a penetrating critique of that era, surveying the role of Protestantism in higher education from the founding of Harvard in the 1630s through the collapse of the WASP establishment in the 1960s. Ranging from stories of many of our pace-setting universities at defining moments in their histories to an analysis of such poignant issues as the debates over Darwinism and the impact of changing student mores, Marsden argues persuasively that just as the academy has made room for feminist and multicultural perspectives, so should there be room once again for traditional religious viewpoints. A thoughtful blend of historical narrative and searching analysis, The Soul of the American University exemplifies what it advocates: that religious perspectives can provide a legitimate contribution to the highest level of scholarship.

This book is unique in its focus and coverage, because no titles have been published on the subject in recent years, despite the increased interest in questions of religious truth as witnessed by the increasing number of articles in relevant journals. It analyzes liberal religious education in multi-cultural societies and suggests ways in which religious education can help young people learn to take responsibility for their beliefs and life-styles in an informed, intelligent and responsible manner. Traditional religious education in Europe and America and its transmission of Christian beliefs has been transformed by the emergence of multi-cultural societies into a process whereby children were informed about different religious traditions. The primary task of this new liberal religious education was often seen to be the moral one of nurturing the twin liberal principles of freedom and tolerance. Critics of liberal religious education argue that this ignores questions of ultimate truth that are at the core of religious belief: this book seeks to reconcile the often contradictory accounts offered by different religions and secular traditions.

Religious diversity, religious enthusiasm, and religious misunderstanding remain at the heart of so much social, economic and political conflict in the world today. Never before has religious education been so important. In this climate, religious educators have become increasingly aware of the significance of listening to the religious perceptions of adolescents, using the best research techniques pioneered by the empirical social sciences, including sociology, psychology, and anthropology. This collection of innovative and pioneering empirical studies, sponsored by the International Seminar of Religious Education and Values, draws together Christian, Islamic, and Jewish perspectives from England, Germany, Israel, Norway, Turkey and Wales.