Product Description: The third edition of this highly acclaimed text continues to help young people unlock the doors to 11 of the world's major religious traditions. Updated references highlighting recent events in the history of the traditions, 50 new images and revised writing in the chapter on Sikhism, help eleventh and twelfth graders understand the people, dimensions, and religious principles of the world's major religions...read more

Product Description: Second Edition Available February 2008! "The Ad Hoc Committee to Oversee the Use of the Catechism, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has found this catechetical textbook, Living Justice and Peace, copyright 2002, to be in conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church...read more

Product Description: When is God present? When is God absent? In this fourth volume of Stories by Teenagers, young people write about experiences in which they recognize the presence or the absence of God in their lives. Readers will witness the receiving of gifts that are so fulfilling that the recipients can imagine only one possible source, a loving God...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The third edition of this highly acclaimed text continues to help young people unlock the doors to 11 of the world's major religious traditions. Updated references highlighting recent events in the history of the traditions, 50 new images and revised writing in the chapter on Sikhism, help eleventh and twelfth graders understand the people, dimensions, and religious principles of the world's major religions...read more

Senior year is a pivotal moment in the life of teens, a time when young men and women are shaping their goals and hopes for the future and seeking spiritual guidance. Creating a Christian Lifestyle, a comprehensive one-semester course, addresses significant issues teens will face as they choose among the many life paths they may travel--single or married life, religious life, or ordained ministry. The text examines themes common to all these paths: identity and autonomy, love, communication, sexuality, friendship, creativity and learning, work, money and possessions, and suffering and healing. The accompanying teaching manual supports the student text and includes prayers, prayer services, review questions and answers, student activities, discussion questions, role-play situations, suggestions for interviews and guest speakers, student handouts, and much more. The teaching manual contains the following additional resources: goals and objectives suggestions for using specific features of this course an appendix of additional suggestions for effective teaching a list of recommended audiovisuals and other resources a list of audiovisual distributors a bibliography of additional professional resources sample test questions, also available free of charge in editable format More activities are suggested in the manual than a teacher could use in a semester. This wide selection allows teachers to choose the activities that are best suited to their students.