Tag Archives: worship

Religion and volunteering: What motivates people of faith to serve thy neighbor

Posted on January 9, 2014

What leads religious individuals to volunteer at a community food bank, or to care for the sick or to build houses and schools for neighbors in their community and across the world? The answer is complex, with personal faith, worship … Continue reading →

Posted in ERB Journal, Links | Tagged Baylor Religion Survey, faith, faith and works, Faith Matters Survey, safety net, secular, social neworks, U.S. Congregational Life Survey, volunteer, worship | | ', '' ); ?>

Channel 4 to air daily Muslim call to prayer during Ramadan

Posted on July 4, 2013

Posted in News | Tagged Associating Islam with extremism, British Muslims, Realistic account of Islam, Three minute call for prayer, worship | | ', '' ); ?>

Tour gives Warde students a peek over church-state fence

Posted on May 21, 2012

Posted in News | Tagged annual tour, Bridgeport, Catholic Church, Fairfield Warde High School, mosques, prayer, Protestant church, religion, Religion and Social Action Field Trip, religious groups, religious learning, Religious Studies, students`religious education, synagogue, understanding, Warde students, western civilizations, worship | | ', '' ); ?>

Shinto Fire Festival

Posted on December 10, 2011

Presenter Reverend Peter Owen-Jones observes a Shinto Oto Matsuri Fire Festival in Shingu, Japan. He talks with some of the participants as they cleanse themselves in the cold waters of the sea, as they prepare their torches adorned with personal … Continue reading →

Posted in English, Resources | Tagged belief, gods, Peter Owen-Jones, prayer, purification, Religious Education, ritual, Shinto, worship | | ', '' ); ?>

World Religions Grades 8 -12

Posted on December 10, 2011

These websites through PBS provides lesson plan ideas for teachers to incorporate into their classes about world religions.Topics covered in the Grades 8 to 12 activity ideas include an overall introduction to world religions, graphing data on different world religions, … Continue reading →

Posted in English, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 8, Grade 9, Lesson Plans, Other Tools, Resources, Teaching Tools | Tagged Animism/Ethnic, Bhagavad Gita, Bible, Book of Chuang Tzu, Buddhist, cathedral, Christ, Christians, Church, Confucianism, Copts, Easter, God, Hajj, Hinduism/Hindu, holidays, Holocaust, Islam/Muslim, Judaism/Jewish, Koran, Mecca, mosque, Native American, Passover, Protestant, Purim, Religious buildings, Shinto, Sikh, Sinhalese, synagogue, Taliban, Taoism, temple, Torah, Tripitaka, USA, worship | | ', '' ); ?>

World Religions Grades 3 – 7

Posted on December 10, 2011

These websites through PBS provides lesson plan ideas for teachers to incorporate into their classes about world religions. Topics covered in the Grades 3 to 7 activity ideas includes religious buildings/houses of worship for different faiths, celebrations various religions have … Continue reading →

Posted in English, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Lesson Plans, Other Tools, Resources, Teaching Tools | Tagged Animism/Ethnic, Bhagavad Gita, Bible, Book of Chuang Tzu, Buddhist, cathedral, Christ, Christians, Church, Confucianism, Copts, Easter, God, Hajj, Hinduism/Hindu, holidays, Holocaust, Islam/Muslim, Judaism/Jewish, Koran, Mecca, mosque, Native American, Passover, Protestant, Purim, Religious buildings, Shinto, Sikh, Sinhalese, synagogue, Taliban, Taoism, temple, Torah, Tripitaka, USA, worship | | ', '' ); ?>

Erzbistum Vaduz Lehrplan für den Katholischen Religionsunterricht

Posted on December 10, 2011

This curriculum is solely for the teaching of the Catholic religion and indicates the target areas that should be addressed in the Catholic curriculum. Emphasis is placed on the meaning of Christian faith in everyday life.

Posted in Curricula, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade K, Other Language, Resources | Tagged Abraham, Advent, baptism, Bible, Catholic religion, chapels, Christian faith, Christianity, Church, communion, community, creed, crusades, Easter, Elijah, Eucharist, God, holidays, Holy Spirit, Islam, Jesus, Judaism, Liechtenstein, marriage, Moses, Noah, parish, persecution, prayer, sacrament, Saint, salvation, synagogue, temple, worship | | ', '' ); ?>

CSEE Resources for Teaching World Religions

Posted on December 10, 2011

Resources about teaching world religions from the Council for Spiritual and Ethnical Education

Posted in English, Other Tools, Resources, Teaching Tools | Tagged articles, books, CSEE, DVD, Events, inter-religious, world religious, worship | | ', '' ); ?>