A Survey of Christian Religious Education in the United States

Prior to the landmark Supreme Court decision of June 1963, which banned public prayer from the public schools, Christian religious education was often a routine part of the overt instruction provided by the American public school system. However, in the wake of that legal milestone, even though ins...

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Autor principal:	Jerald F. Dirks
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	International Institute of Islamic Thought 2003
Materias:	Islam BP1-253
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1f6a2f92d09e476abe4d687caf1e25d72021-12-02T19:22:40ZA Survey of Christian Religious Education in the United States10.35632/ajis.v20i1.5142690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/1f6a2f92d09e476abe4d687caf1e25d72003-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/514https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 Prior to the landmark Supreme Court decision of June 1963, which banned public prayer from the public schools, Christian religious education was often a routine part of the overt instruction provided by the American public school system. However, in the wake of that legal milestone, even though instruction in the Judeo-Christian interpretation of religious history continued to be taught covertly, American churches began relying more heavily on providing Christian religious education. This article briefly presents Christianity’s contemporary status in the United States and reviews such religious education methods as Sunday school, vacation Bible school, Christian youth groups, catechism, private Christian schools, Youth Sunday, and children’s sermons. The survey concludes with a look at the growing interface between such education and the lessons of psychology as well as training and certifying Christian religious educators. Jerald F. DirksInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 20, Iss 1 (2003)
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description	Prior to the landmark Supreme Court decision of June 1963, which banned public prayer from the public schools, Christian religious education was often a routine part of the overt instruction provided by the American public school system. However, in the wake of that legal milestone, even though instruction in the Judeo-Christian interpretation of religious history continued to be taught covertly, American churches began relying more heavily on providing Christian religious education. This article briefly presents Christianity’s contemporary status in the United States and reviews such religious education methods as Sunday school, vacation Bible school, Christian youth groups, catechism, private Christian schools, Youth Sunday, and children’s sermons. The survey concludes with a look at the growing interface between such education and the lessons of psychology as well as training and certifying Christian religious educators.
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A Survey of Christian Religious Education in the United States

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