TY  - BOOK
AU  - Osmer
AU  - Schweitzer
TI  - Religious education between modernization and globalization:  : new perspectives on the United States and Germany
SN  - 0802812848
AV  - BV1467 
U1  - BV 1467.O86 2003 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Mich.
PB  - W.B. Eerdmans Pub.
KW  - Christian education
KW  - United States
KW  - Protestant churches
KW  - Education
KW  - Germany
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-313) and indexes; Summary: Featuring a unique comparative approach to religious education,  the book first explores the importance of studying the styles and methods of religious education within differing social contexts, and it presents modernization, globalization, and postmodernism as key frameworks for su ch research. Next, central figures and texts in twentieth-century religio us education in both Germany and the United States are examined and compa red. The last section of the book points out the challenges facing religi ous education in the new millennium and offers constructive proposals tha t will interest not only Protestants and Catholics but also members of Je wish, Muslim, and other faith communities
ER  -