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Roebben, Bert – Religious Education, 1995
Defines evangelization as a cooperative religious educational experience regarding the efficacy of the gospel. Considers its role in the lives of young people. Concludes that evangelization must incorporate and address current social concerns as well as questions of belief and unbelief. (MJP)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Ethical Instruction, Higher Education, Interfaith Relations
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Melchert, Charles – Religious Education, 1995
Maintains that neither postmodernism nor cultural pluralism are antithetical to biblical texts. Locates postmodernist open-ended thinking in many of the enigmatic proverbs and other wisdom texts. Reveals similarities, and at times historical connections, between much of the Bible and various Mediterranean cultures. (MJP)
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Content Analysis, Cultural Pluralism, Ethical Instruction
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Standish, Paul – Religious Education, 1995
Identifies authenticity as the idea that there exists an innate and knowable self. Discusses this concept and how it relates to social, philosophical, and religious thought. Compares the Western concept of self, autonomous and individualistic, with the more interdependent and enigmatic Eastern ideal. (MJP)
Descriptors: Buddhism, Cultural Context, Cultural Images, Cultural Pluralism