Altar and Lectern -- A Comparative Study of Religious Education in Southwest Ethnic Groups

Author: Zhang Shiya
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Publish Date: 2001-09-01
Features: This book conducts a systematic and in-depth exploration of the origins, evolution, and dynamic mechanisms of religious education in the Southwest ethnic regions—a living fossil of human evolution—focusing on the content, institutions, and methods of religious education, as well as its relationship with modern education. It aims to provide insightful reflections on universal issues such as the inheritance and transformation of ethnic cultures, the modernization process of ethnic groups and cultural changes, the origins of teachers in the history of human education, and the transition from situational education to the formation of educational institutions. The research in this book is based on extensive field investigations. It begins with discussions on issues concerning the Southwest ethnic groups and then extends to beneficial explorations of humanly universal questions.