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Contents contributed and discussions participated by John Sobey

John Sobey

EBSCOhost: Religion and Education - 0 views

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    This document describes a few of the arguements for and against the church and state litigation in the schools of today. It also describes some of the events that occured before and after the U.S. Supreme Court stuck their hand in.
John Sobey

EBSCOhost: Georgia Districts Teach the Bible - 1 views

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    This document describes how the Georgia State Board of Education made the decision to allow the Bible to be taught. This document describes the courses that they offer as well as describes why it is legal to teach this.
John Sobey

EBSCOhost: BIBLES IN THE CLASSROOM? - 0 views

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    This article describes the ways on which to be careful when teaching the Bible in schools. This article however agrees with the teaching of the Bible it is just aware that one must be aware of what one is saying when teaching this sensitive subject.
John Sobey

EBSCOhost: Texas School District Agrees To Drop Bible Course - 0 views

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    This document is a example of the problem that the community is having with the teaching of the Bible in schools today. This aricle is about a lawsuit that forced a Texas school to drop their Bible classes before of one of the settlement made in court.
John Sobey

EBSCOhost: Bible Classes Approved - 0 views

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    This ariticle tells how the Tennessee attorney general realizes that the Bible should be allowed to be taught in a public school environment. This also gives us a couple good reasoning points why it should be allowed to be taught in all schools.
John Sobey

EBSCOhost: The Role of Faith in Historical Research A Rejoinder - 0 views

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    This is a document describing the research for faith and religious aspects of the history. In this document it describes a few different ways to look at how faith has changed of the centuries and the differences that are involved.
John Sobey

EBSCOhost: Letters: Faith and Darwin in the Classroom - 0 views

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    This document is about an example of the teaching of Biblical studies in the classroom and how it affects the student. This also gives a few examples of different churchs and their belief or ideas about the teaching of religion in schools.
John Sobey

EBSCOhost: Why Study Biblical Hebrew - 1 views

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    This document tells of the many reasons to study the Biblical Hebrew language to help understand the use of language in everyday life. This document also states that the origin of language is always important in the study of any documentation.
John Sobey

EBSCOhost: Studying the Question of Bible Study - 0 views

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    A section of this article describes the 1st amendment and how it was used in the College/University lifestyle. This situation went all the way up to the Attorney General. The question that is being asked is if religion should be allowed in a social school environment.
John Sobey

EBSCOhost: THE ROLE OF FAITH IN HISTORICAL RESEARCH - 0 views

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    In this document, which is more like a debate, there is an argument using many good biblical examples to prove or disprove that faith plays a vital role in historical research. In the end of this article the chosen "correct answer" is that faith does play a role in historical research. Also mentioned, was that faith actually connects some of the historical events to today because of some of faiths traditions that have lived on.
John Sobey

EBSCOhost: Libby and Connie On the Bible in Schools - 0 views

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    This article gives the other side of the picture which is that the Bible is schools would limit the religious options of the students experiencing the class or course. However, farther down in this article it gives the historical "significance" of biblical study. But it still feels that having this in schools would limit the "religious freedom" of the students.
John Sobey

EBSCOhost: 'And They Let You Do That?' : Teaching the Bible At a Public State Universi... - 0 views

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    This story is about a course that lasted 34 years and the University of Iowa. This document described how being able to teach the Bible to the class allow the students to learn more efficiently and made them more capable in the long run. This article gives specific examples such as the agenda on which the class was run as well as some of the student's feedback on the overall situation of teaching that course.
John Sobey

EBSCOhost: The Case for Teaching the Bible - 0 views

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    This document was very straight forward in the belief that the Bible is the most impacting book ever written to the day. This article also argues the points that the Bible should be taught in schools today as well as how they can be taught in schools legally. While this document describes the ways the Bible can be taught in schools it also hints at the fact that it not only can be taught but it should be taught.
John Sobey

EBSCOhost: REVIEW: How the Bible Works: An Anthropological Study of Evangelical Biblic... - 0 views

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    This review is the response to a challenge of finding a deeper meaning in the scripture or as we all know it today "the Bible." While doing the research for his finds he based his research on the ways the Bible influenced "cognitive and social processes". Further one in the document he also states that the Bible is not only text but is has a certain meaning to it which makes it unique.
John Sobey

EBSCOhost: Dissecting the Religious Right's Favorite Bible Curriculum - 0 views

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    This article is based on the curriculum that is in the schools today with reference to the Bible, as well as the issues such as "The Freedom of Church and State." Throughout the article he describes the curriculum as lower than standard. Another issue that the author explained in this document was that all the references to the Bible were of protestant origin.
John Sobey

EBSCOhost: Introduction: the study of the bible - 0 views

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    This article is based out of Israel and their education system. The Bible is used in the academic parts of Israel according to this document. Furthermore, it tells how they believe that the community uses the Bible to shape the next generation into what they believe is a good person. Moreover, it explains the lifestyle of the group of people called "Zionist" which was where these beliefs seemed to originate from.
John Sobey

JSTOR: The School ReviewVol. 52, No. 4 (Apr., 1944), pp. 239-244 - 0 views

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    This article gives a few examples of the way the Bible was used and how it influenced some of the famous writers such as Shakespeare. Throughout the article it gives statistics and facts about how the bible influenced and was used in his work. So overall this article described the ways that literacy benefited from the Bible's literacy.
John Sobey

EBSCOhost: A joyful and persistent reminder - 0 views

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    This article gives an example of a third grade girl that is attending a vacation bible school. This article, edited by Megan Greulich, shows examples about how teaching the stories in the Bible can contribute to the understanding of a childs learning ability.
John Sobey

EBSCOhost: The Bible Inside and Out - 0 views

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    This article tells about a man that feels like the Bible is read and interpreted to generally in the recent years. He feels that the people in the ancient history took the bible as very literally and now it is read as something that will benifit us in modern times.
John Sobey

EBSCOhost: Teaching and the Bible - 0 views

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    This is an article about the teaching of the Bible in schools today and how it is difficult. This article also describes how it can be unlawful as well as difficult to teach this in the first place.
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