Thesis (M.R.E.)--Brigham Young University, Dept. of Graduate Studies in Religious instruction.

Thesis (M.R.I.)--B.Y.U. Dept. of Religious Education. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 57-58).

Thesis (M.R.E.)--B.Y.U. Dept. of Church History and Doctrine.

Thesis (M.A.)--B.Y.U. Dept. of Educational Administration.

Thesis (M.R.I.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Graduate Studies in Religious Instruction.

Field Project (M.R.E.)--B.Y.U. Dept. of Graduate Studies in Religious Instruction.

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University Dept. of Human Development and Family Relationships. / Electronic thesis. Also available in print ed.

Thesis (M.A.)--B.Y.U. Dept. of Graduate Education. / Electronic thesis. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-80). Also available in print ed.

A gap exists between the religious ideals of human behavior and the common practices of man. Considerable effort has been expended in attempts to discover how to teach men to behave in ways that would be acceptable to society and still satisfy the ideals of the various religions. This problem is one of the major concerns of religious education.In an effort to solve the above problem among its membership, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has established a program of week-day religious instruction, commonly referred to as the "Seminary program." This organization is currently engaged in an organized effort to develop for its own use a more effective curriculum. This curriculum is being developed around thirty-three directional objectives which were formulated by a committee.The purpose of this study was to examine the general scope and validity of the Seminary's directional objectives. To accomplish this these objectives were compared with the subject areas or themes which have been stressed most often by the nine Presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in their annual conference addresses since the Church was organized in 1830.

The purpose of writing this teacher's manual was to provide a course of study for the junior high school Indian Seminary students living mainly in Northern climes of North America. In more recent years, a greater emphasis by the Church has been placed on preaching the Gospel to Northern Indian tribes, as evidenced by the organization of the Northern Indian Mission in 1964. With the conversion of hundreds of Lamanites, came also the need to provide religious education and character development for the children of these new converts and for the children of older Church members. Many non-LDS students, with parental permission, also enroll in these religion classes, in order to take advantage of the varied activities which the Indian Seminary program provides.