A DIALOGICAL APPROACH TO CRITICAL BIBLE STUDY: THE USE OF SCHWABIAN DELIBERATION TO INTEGRATE THE WORK OF BIBLE SCHOLARS WITH EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

This article uses analytic tools provided by Joseph Schwab to address a “practical” problem faced by many liberal religious educational institutions: the tension between historical-critical study of the Bible and an affective connection to it. This problem is painted in broad strokes; then two contemporary Bible scholars, Jeffrey Tigay and Yair Zakovitch, are analyzed for the “principles of enquiry” used in their disciplinary orientations. This analysis is merged with a dialogical hermeneutics approach to text, using the work of Kepnes, Buber, and Gadamer. The article concludes by considering how this study might inform Bible curricula in liberal religious educational contexts.     

REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATION OF CURRICULUM AND VOLUNTARY BIBLE STUDY IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

This article reviews the challenges provided by a plural condition toward doing religious education in the Philippines. The problem of Philippine religious education hinges on the fact that the growing plural condition in the educational system remains until now “un-discussed” or integrated in many schools. Not much is heard about proposing a platform of dialogue within religious education. Dialogue is more often associated with inter-faith initiatives beyond the learning environment. If religious education should be an instrument in the formation of the right Christian attitudes among the young, dialogue must be an urgent Christian agenda in Philippine religious education.     

PROBLEMS IN THE TEACHING OF BIBLE

Intermittently during the past several decades and more urgently in recent months and years, federations in various communities have been asked to begin to consider the matter of subsidies to congregational schools. In some communities advocates of congregational education strongly favor and even insist upon communal financing; in others the idea has not yet found strong support.     

蘑菇菌糠饲用价值的研究

农作物秸秆经食用菌分解后,营养成分有所提高,可代替20—30%日粮喂猪,能降低饲料成本10—25%,每增重1kg多获利10—17%.另方面还可缓解饲料紧缺矛盾,有较好的社会效益和经济效益.     

安徽省湿地生态旅游的价值研究

本文根据安徽湿地的特征,对安徽湿地资源进行了景观分类,分析了安徽湿地旅游资源的特征和开发利用现状,按照湿地生态旅游资源的特点提出了安徽湿地生态旅游资源开发模式,并就湿地生态旅游资源开发中并注意的问题作了说明,以期达到探索湿地旅游开发与生态环境保护协调发展的途径充分发掘和合理利用安徽旅游资源,为安徽旅游业的发展服务的目的。     

THE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE OF THE HOME

The process of sophisticated theological thinking in children begins at an early age. Thinking deeply about the ultimate concerns of life is inherent in human beings. This paper, based on the author's conversations with his children, explores the profound processes of theological reflection in playground songs sung by children in public elementary schools, informal conversations with children about prayer and religious insight, and the place of paradox and play in the theological reflection of children. Drawing on the works of such scholars as Winnicott, Gerkin, Rizzutto, and Stivers, the author charts intriguing areas for reflection as well as needed areas for future research.     

THE TASK OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

The way one conceives the nature of the educational process and practices it will depend to a large degree upon just exactly how one understands the nature of the person to be educated