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Material Type: Notes; Professor: Lee; Class: Cult&Soc Issues; Subject: Edu/Foundations; University: Harding University; Term: Spring 2009;
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EDFD 645 Updated Spring, 2009 Page 1
“The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.” Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Gallup Poll on Public’s View of Religion
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113533/Americans-Believe-Religion-Losing-Clout.aspx
http://www.gallup.com/poll/108115/Americans-Evenly-Divided-Morality- Homosexuality.aspx
http://www.gallup.com/poll/109108/Belief-God-Far-Lower-Western-US.aspx
http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdateNarrow&BarnaUpdateID=
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1123/p11s02-legn.html
http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/geo/courses/geo200/religion.html
http://www.glenmary.org/grc/RCMS_2000/findings.htm
Wood’s Diversity: Invention of a Concept
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Predictors of Religious Affiliation
Niebuhr’s Christ and Culture
Christ against Culture Christ of Culture Christ above Culture Christ and Culture in Paradox Christ the Transformer of Culture
Staub’s The Culturally Savvy Christian
A Christian by Any Other Name
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The singular sin :
Generated from callousness or ignorance. Wh Who defines the “sin”?
Viewing Other Religious Groups
Source: http://www.religioustolerance.org/rel_plur.htm
World Views in Conflict
Conflict: Science & theology deal with many of the same issues but offer competing, incompatible views. Complementarity: Science & theology deal with different areas. Bible: ultimate cause. Science: physical processes. Concordist: Science & theology both describe the origin of the world and other events and these can be reconciled.
From The Archeological Study Bible , p. 111.
Battles in the Courtroom
Proscriptive Scopes v. State , 289 S.W. 363 (Tenn. 1927) – state statute
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Epperson v. Arkansas , 393 U.S. 97 (1968) – state statute Prescriptive McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education , 529 F. Supp. 1255 (1982) – state statute Edwards v. Aguillard , 482 U.S. 578 (1987) – state statute Freiler v. Tangipahoa Parish Board of Education, 185 F.3d 337 (5th Cir. 1999) Cert. denied (2000) – school board disclaimer Selman v. Cobb County School District , 449 F.3d 1320 (11th Cir. 2006) – school board disclaimer stickers Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, 400 F. Supp. 2d 707 (M.D. Pa. 2005) – school board disclaimer Academic Freedom Webster v. New Lenox School District #122 , 917 F.2d, 1004 (7th Cir. 1990) Peloza v. Capistrano School District , 37 F.3d. 519 (9th Cir. 1994) LeVake v. Independent School District, 625 N.W.2d., 505 Free Exercise Seagraves v. State of California (1981) Sacramento Superior Court #
Religious Liberty by Stephen Prothero
“High school and college graduates who have not taken a single course about religion cannot be said to be truly educated.” Prothero, p. 17
Religious Literacy : Ability to understand and use the religious terms, symbols, images, beliefs, practices, scriptures, heroes, themes, and stories that employed in American public life.
“Religion is now emerging alongside race, gender, and ethnicity as one of the key identity markers of the twenty-first century.” Prothero, p. 5
“Religious illiteracy makes it difficult for Americans to make sense of a world in which people kill and make peace in the name of Christ or Allah.” -- Prothero, p.