Puritans agree that only visible saints should have Church membership but in England everyone could have Church membership so the Puritans came to the Americas to set up a Church where only “visible saints” could have membership. The Massachusetts Bay colony was set up by non-Separatist Puritans and they came also to set up their own Church because the changes in the way the Church in England was run was too slow for them. The way their government and schools were set up reflected their religious reasons. The government was to enforce God's commandments and every child was taught the Lord's words along with their curriculum. Harvard was established to train local boys for the ministry.
“[The church] should be purified of their unregenerate members…heretical clergymen…bishops and archbishops, but they were nevertheless churches and must be embraced as churches” (Morgan 31). These non-separating Puritans made it their goal to create a superlative Christian community in the New World. In doing so they hoped to serve as an example to encourage reform within the Church of England. Morgan, author of The Puritan Dilemma, describes the non-separating Puritans overall view of the Church of England to be more positive than negative. “[The church] had bought the means of salvation to many of their members and might still do so” (Morgan 31).
Along with Bible study, this tradition continued after U. S. independence and flourished well into the nineteenth century. As immigration multiplied the ethnic and religious identities of Americans, modernization efforts led by education reformers like Horace Mann gradually minimized religious influences in schools. In the mid 1800ʻs religion was a focal point of education in this period and the Protestants were in control. The public schools used the King James translation of the Bible that Catholics strongly objected to. They requested the use of their bible and prayers in the public schools and were denied.
Reading religious works, Europeans form own options about church which caused rulers start to challenge the church’s power. The making of the printing press helped spread this secular idea. Some contributors to the reformation were Desiderus Erasmus, Thomas More and Martin Luther. During the reformation Martin Luther stressed that all people with faith are equal and can interpret Bible without priest. He also posted his 95 thesis statement which launched a movement for religious reform.
However others may disagree with the view of Secularisation such as Martin who denies the view that there was ever a ‘golden age’ of religion and he argues that the reason for higher attendance of church in the past is due to the view that it was seen as respectable to attend church. As well Davie argues that religion has become privatised and came up with the phrase ‘believing without belonging’. Gill et al renewed almost 100 national surveys on religious beliefs from 1939 to 1996. They showed a significant decline in a person’s belief in a personal god, as well as Jesus as the son of god but also the
They believe that education can help socialise children through religious assemblies, the National Curriculum and citizenship lessons. The New Right wants educational policies that will increase choice with market principles to raise standards. If a school is successful, it will attract parents and children purely because it is successful. The New Right believes that all parents have the right to send their child to a successful school â hence their support of parental choice. The New Right also believes that a successful school will gather sufficient momentum to build on its successes.
This is a total myth. While it is true that religion is part of the curriculum, and every student must take religion as a class, it is very generalized, with the emphasis being on morality, and values, encouraging students to be accepting of others, to know the difference between right and wrong and commit themselves to serve as positive role models for others. There are five distinct reasons that explain why Catholic schools educate our children better than public schools. 1. High expectations for academic achievement.
Why allow Christian education? Many people ask themselves this question. Well God, our creator, intended for us to have biblical knowledge of Him, according to Deuteronomy 6:7, the Word of God commands parents to teach Godly principles to their children "when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up." This simply means that parents must be consistent to train their children in what is right, wherever we are and in whatever we are doing. Having a Christian education allows students to have proper character training, a higher standard of conduct, and positive peer influences.
As the children of God f Christian) got born again and accepted Jesus as their Lord and personal savior, the word of God expected us to act, behave and think like our Heavenly father. If we cast our gaze back in the New Testament, it records that the Christian was named after the word Christ which means c^hristian. The point am trying to draw out here is; the people in Antioch were able to diagnose Christian by the way they behave, and think like Jesus that is why they were named Christians. ^Fhe Christian belief system, which the Christian known to be grounded in divine revelation, is relevant to all of life". This relevance results from the fact that Christianity is the one
BOOK CRITIQUE 1 In his book Exploring Religion in School: A National priority, author Brian Hill launches fearlessly into the scholarly debate on religion in schools. He argues that ‘good’ religious education is essential in the formation of values, and that it provides a framework that enables students to discover meaning and purpose for their lives, and that it should therefore be elevated to core curriculum status. Hill proposes implementation strategies and principles that he believes can be adopted by both state and religious schools. As emeritus professor of education at Murdoch University in Western Australia, author Brian Hill is well qualified to write on the subject of Religious education in schools. He has completed post graduate studies at Sydney and Illinois universities and is a foundation member of the International Seminar on Religious Education and Values.