Studies of cargo cults, messianic movements, and Third World millenarianism, including widely read
classics such as Peter Worsley's The Trumpet Shall Sound and Bryan Wilson's Magic and the Millennium, have paid close attention to the effects of international relations on domestic religious developments.2 In increasing numbers, books have appeared on the religious situation in strategic parts of the globe, such as the Middle East and
Latin America, and with growing frequency articles on American religion refer to issues such as global consciousness, nuclear disarmament, and the effects of U.S. involvement in foreign affairs.
Consequently, many independent schools model their curricula on and encourage students to
study the
classics — whether
Latin or Greek language, classical philosophy, or the history of ancient Rome or Greece.