What teachers need to know about their students' religious beliefs / Leonard Austin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Austin, Leonard (Leonard A.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religions--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Religions.

Religion in the public schools.

Students--Religious life.

Christian sects.

Christian sects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Students--Religious life--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Students.

Religion in the public schools--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

x, 216 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2003]

Summary:

In What Teachers Need to Know About Their Students' Religious Beliefs, Leonard Austin helps teachers better understand various religions and in what ways student beliefs might surface in the classroom.

Contents:

Religions

Assembly of God 1

Baptist 9

Buddhism 13

Christian Scientist (Church of Christ, Scientist) 19

Church of God 27

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) 31

Church of Scientology (Scientologists) 41

Disciples of Christ 45

Episcopal (Church of England) 49

Greek Orthodox 55

Hindu 59

Islam (Muslim) 65

Jehovah Witness 71

Judaism (Jewish) 81

Lutheran 93

Methodist 101

Native American 105

Nazarene 113

Presbyterian 119

Quaker (Religious Society of Friends) 127

Roman Catholic (Catholic) 137

Seventh-Day Adventist 147

Unification Church 155

Unitarian Universalist Association (Unitarians) 161

United Church of Christ 167

Appendix A School Holidays and Religious Events 171

Appendix B Secretary of Education's Letter to Teachers 181

Appendix C Religion in the Schools: The Do's and Don't's 187

Appendix D The Apostles' Creed 197

Appendix E The Nicene Creed 199

Appendix F The Athanasian Creed 201

Appendix G The Articles of Faith 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761825142

OCLC:

51769000