For Goodness Sake Religious Schools and Education for Democratic Citizenry

Name: For Goodness Sake Religious Schools and Education for Democratic Citizenry
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ISBN: 9780415953795

ISBN-10: 0415953790

ISBN-13: 9780415953795

Edition: 2006

Authors: Walter Feinberg

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While the question of religion in public schools is often a matter of fierce debate, few Americans consider the implication of religious education on moral education and liberal democracy more generally. When it comes to religious education, many assume that only those within a given religious community have any serious interest in the religious content of education, and in the moral education of children in religious schools. This important book seeks to change that perception, demonstrating that what happens within religious schools and the education available to all children, regardless of the school they attend, are public issues. It opens up a critical dialogue in liberal, democratic…

Book details

List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 3/28/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Religious Instruction and Moral Education



Back to School: An Ethnography



The Construction of Religious Communities



Criticism and Commitment



Faith and the Pedagogical Limits of Critical Inquiry



The Nature of the Public Interest in Religious Education: A Critical Analysis



Safety and the Question of Educational Negligence



Intellectual Growth, Autonomy, and Religious Education



Religious Chauvinism and the Democratic Citizen



The Reconstruction of Religious Education: A Pragmatic Framework



The Challenge of Religious Education for Pluralism



The Challenge of Religious Education for Liberalism


Notes


Works Cited


Index