Archive for the ‘Christianity’ Category
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Christianity in the News: A Weekly News Roundup for Homeschoolers (Aug 27 – Sept 2)
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
In New Orleans, Black Churches Face a Long, Slow Return (NY Times) At Lincoln Memorial, a Call for Religious Rebirth (NY Times) Pro-Vatican Politicians Irked By Gadhafi In Rome (NPR) Glenn Beck And Obama’s Christianity (NPR) Germany: New Guides for Reporting Clergy Sex Abuse (NY Times) Belgium: Cardinal Apologizes for Suggesting Temporary Cover-Up of Bishop’s [...]
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Christianity in the News: A Weekly News Roundup for Homeschoolers (Aug 20 – 26)
Friday, August 27th, 2010
The 10th Parallel: Where Christianity And Islam Meet (NPR) Heart And Soul – Christianity In China – Episode 1 (BBC) Far From Ground Zero, Obscure Pastor Is Ignored No Longer (NY Times) Amid Furor on Islamic Center, Pleas for Orthodox Church Nearby (NY Times) Book Review – The Tenth Parallel – By Eliza Griswold (NY [...]
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Religion and the Founding of the American Republic: A Homeschool Review
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
Religion and the Founding of the American Republic is an on-line exhibition from the Library of Congress that examines the role of faith in the early development of our nation. Most early American leaders believed that it was essential to the survival and prosperity of the republic to have citizens with a robust religious faith. [...]
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Christianity in the News: A Weekly News Roundup for Homeschoolers (Aug 13 – 19)
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Christian Aid Groups Tread Lightly In Muslim World (NPR) 2 Muslims Jailed 5 Years For Malaysia Church Arson (NPR) Lebanon TV Stations Scrap Controversial Jesus Show (NPR) Many Black Social Movements Began In The Pulpit (NPR) Obama ‘Obviously A Christian:’ White House Flak (NPR) Renegade Priest Leads a Split St. Louis Parish (NY Times) North [...]
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Introduction to Classical Homeschooling
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
by Todd Durell Classical homeschooling follows the medieval philosophy of education called the trivium. A child’s intellectual development as outlined in this system consist of three stages: grammar, logic, and rhetoric. A classical curriculum focuses on the study of history as the central framework for other subjects, and children read many of the standard “Great [...]
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The Universe Next Door: A Homeschool Book Review
Saturday, August 14th, 2010
by Todd Durell I first read The Universe Next Door, by James W. Sire, about 20 years ago and found it to be a helpful basic compendium of worldviews. Now that our daughter is getting ready to start college, one of our last homeschool activities is to read this book together with her and some [...]
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Christianity in the News: A Weekly News Roundup for Homeschoolers (Aug 6 – 12)
Friday, August 13th, 2010
Highlights about Christianity from this week’s news: Pope Benedict XVI’s 30-year campaign to reassert conservative Catholicism (Christian Science Monitor) Congregations Gone Wild (NY Times) International Assistance Mission slayings: part of Taliban war strategy (Christian Science Monitor)
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Christianity in the News: A Weekly News Roundup for Homeschoolers (July 30 – Aug 5)
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Here are some of the stories about Christianity in the news this week: For Indonesian Christians, Gatherings Bring Tension (NY Times) Hitchens Brothers’ Rift Starts With Religion (NY Times) Lawrence Boadt, Priest, Publisher and Bible Scholar, Dies at 67 (NY Times) Lutherans Offer Warm Welcome to Gay Pastors (NY Times) Are University Campuses Hostile To [...]
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Christianity in the News: A Weekly News Roundup for Homeschoolers (July 16 – 22)
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
One of the reasons we homeschool is our desire for our children to be well informed about our Christian faith. Here are some of the highlights of this week’s news about Christianity: China’s Divided Catholics Seek Reconciliation (NPR) Churches Sprout In Rural China (NPR) In The Land Of Mao, A Rising Tide Of Christianity (NPR) [...]
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Church History Documents for the Homeschool Curriculum
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
by Todd Durell One of the reasons many families decide to homeschool is the scant attention paid in the public schools to the role of Christianity in the development of Western culture. In some secular classrooms, Christianity is either ignored or scorned, and students end up with a highly skewed view of history. For homeschooling [...]