Erasmus V. Calvin an Analysis Research Proposal

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That being said, there are certain pitfalls that must be avoided, in order to reduce the controversy created by teaching these concepts but more importantly to avoid any indoctrination, however, subtle into certain beliefs or belief systems. That is, educators should make absolutely no value judgments concerning religion in their teaching of religious history, and in courses specifically geared towards developing a scholarly understanding of religion efforts must be made to include theological beliefs and practices of non-Christian and non-Western religions. This can become somewhat touchy when religious history is part of a general course on Western history; however politically incorrect it may sound, the historical development of Buddhism, Hinduism, and even Judaism simply did not have the same impact on the development of Western culture that Christianity did. This does not make Christianity in any of its forms the "right" religion, and this must be made clear in public education settings, but it has been the dominant ideology since the last century of the Roman Empire, and such it must be understood itself for an understanding of Western history and culture to have any meaning.

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Erasmus and John Calvin wielded enormous influence on the development of education. Their specific beliefs and emphases are not entirely apparent in modern education, but their theories and the systems the developed are. A return to certain other of their principles might also be warranted......

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