Contents
Teaching and Learning about Religion - A Special Section
Religious Studies: The Shaping of a Field and a Guide to Reference Resources
Charles H. Lippy
American History, With and Without Religion: ". . . the whole truth. . . so help me God"
Edwin S. Gaustad
The Act and Art of Being Religious
Thomas B. Coburn
Components of Religion: The Case of Islam
Frederick M. Denny
Departments and Columns
FROM THE EDITORS
DIALOGUE
Using Genealogy to Teach History
Larry Aaron
ON TEACHING
Teaching State History: Anachronism or Opportunity?
Rhoda R. Gilman
LESSON PLANS
Teaching World Religions Through an Ecumenical Council
Samuel S. Welker
Religious Leaders and the Treatment of Poverty
Brian Ross
Religious Leadership of the Civil Rights Movement
John Zola, Jaye Zola, and Robert D. LaRue
A History of the Holocaust
Karen L. Riley
PROJECT PROFILE
Teaching Our Common Compact: A New Curriculum on Religious Liberty
Charles C. Haynes
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Teaching and Learning about Religion: An ERIC/ChESS Sample
Vickie J. Schlene
Classroom Media
Ann Henson
HISTORY HEADLINES
ON THE COVER
In 1939, a San Francisco branch of the Salvation Army forms a semicircle and sings to attract a crowd. Photo by Dorothy Lange, courtesy of the Library of Congress.
