A study of the religious orientation of public school districts located in the Bible Belt of the United States
This paper examines the religious orientation of public school districts in a geographical region of the United States known as the Bible Belt. The hypothesis for this study was that public schools located in the Bible Belt would have a sacred religious orientation. If that were true, those public s...
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| description | This paper examines the religious orientation of public school districts in a geographical region of the United States known as the Bible Belt. The hypothesis for this study was that public schools located in the Bible Belt would have a sacred religious orientation. If that were true, those public schools would allow religion so long as it was the preferred religion in their surrounding community. It was found that while some school districts did appear to be sacred on a number of issues touching religion, the predominant orientation was to honor all religions but prefer none. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-04853f4470d940f29b8aa64658148f052022-12-21T21:31:38ZengEuropean Teacher Education NetworkJETEN2183-22342014-12-01920141221A study of the religious orientation of public school districts located in the Bible Belt of the United StatesTom Bennett0George Foldesy1Arkansas State University Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States of AmericaArkansas State University Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States of AmericaThis paper examines the religious orientation of public school districts in a geographical region of the United States known as the Bible Belt. The hypothesis for this study was that public schools located in the Bible Belt would have a sacred religious orientation. If that were true, those public schools would allow religion so long as it was the preferred religion in their surrounding community. It was found that while some school districts did appear to be sacred on a number of issues touching religion, the predominant orientation was to honor all religions but prefer none.https://etenjournal.com/2020/02/08/a-study-of-the-religious-orientation-of-public-school-districts-located-in-the-bible-belt-of-the-united-states/religionpublic schoolbible belt |
| spellingShingle | Tom Bennett George Foldesy A study of the religious orientation of public school districts located in the Bible Belt of the United States JETEN religion public school bible belt |
| title | A study of the religious orientation of public school districts located in the Bible Belt of the United States |
| title_full | A study of the religious orientation of public school districts located in the Bible Belt of the United States |
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| title_short | A study of the religious orientation of public school districts located in the Bible Belt of the United States |
| title_sort | study of the religious orientation of public school districts located in the bible belt of the united states |
| topic | religion public school bible belt |
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