Education, religion, and the common good : advancing a distinctly American conversation about religion's role in our shared life

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Education, religion, and the common good : advancing a distinctly American conversation about religion's role in our shared life

Martin E. Marty with Jonathan Moore

Jossey-Bass, c2000

1st ed

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-151) and index

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Distinguished scholar and author Martin E. Marty has had a lifetime of conversations about public religion in America. Out of the dialogues hosted by the Public Religion Project, he has gathered an abundance of heartfelt questions and candid reflections on the issues from teachers and administrators in public, private, and denominational schools, elementary to postgraduate. Their concerns reflect our own: Does allowing religion into the curriculum inject conflict into our children's lives? Does it deny our families critical decisions? Can schools create good citizens without teaching about religion? To read Just What Are We Talking About, Anyway?, an excerpt from this book, click here.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction: Why Read This Book?
  • Just What Are We Talking About, Anyway?
  • Why This Civil Conversation Is Urgent
  • A Historical Map of the Present Situation
  • Religion and Education: The Pitfalls of Engaging a Complex Issue
  • Why Religion Belongs in Publicly Funded Primary and Secondary Education
  • The Religious Schooling Response
  • Public Universities and Graduate Education
  • Religion and Higher Education: A Specific Agenda for Advancing the Conversation
  • After Listening, a Time to Act
  • Resources
  • Notes
  • The Author
  • About the Public Religion Project
  • Index.

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