Education, Politics and Religion : Reconciling the Civil and the Sacred in Education.

Examines contemporary expressions of the secularising agenda in Western democracies with a focus on how that is played out in education. This book demonstrates how republican theory understood within a faith perspective provides a shared understanding and substantive basis for education within a Wes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Arthur, James
Otros Autores: Gearon, Liam, Sears, Alan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010.
Temas:
Postmodernism and higher education > United States.
Christians > Political activity > United States.
Church and college > United States.
Education.
Postmodernisme et enseignement supérieur > États-Unis.
Chrétiens > Activité politique > États-Unis.
Église et université > États-Unis.
Christians > Political activity
Church and college
Postmodernism and higher education
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: An argument for enchantment; Part I: Educational, political and theological theory; 1 Christianity, citizenship and identity; 2 Republican theory, citizenship education and religion; Part II: Challenges of historical and philosophical interpretation; 3 Christianity, citizenship and education: From antiquity to Enlightenment and its aftermath; 4 Religion, education and extremism: From totalitarian democracy to liberal autocracy; Part III: Religious approaches to civic engagement and education for citizenship.
  • 5 Religious faith, citizenship education and the public square6 Citizenship education as transformation: The possibilities of religious approaches to education; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.

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