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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954795203321

Autore

Provenzo Eugene F

Titolo

Religious fundamentalism and American education : the battle for the public schools / / Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, N.Y., : State University of New York Press, c1990

ISBN

1-4384-1651-2

0-585-07639-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 134 pages)

Collana

SUNY series in philosophy of education

SUNY series, frontiers in education

Disciplina

371/.01/0973

Soggetti

Church and education - United States

Public schools - United States

Fundamentalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Ultra-Fundamentalism and American Education -- 2. Censorship and the Ultra-Fundamentalists -- 3. Textbooks and the Curriculum -- 4. Creationism and the Schools -- 5. The Family and Education -- 6. School Prayer and State Regulation of Christian Schools -- 7. Implications of the Ultra-Fundamentalist Critique of American Education -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

For the past twenty-five years, 'ultra-fundamentalist' Christians have put increasing pressure on American public education to conform exclusively with their own philosophy and vision of education and culture. Eugene Provenzo considers and addresses the impact that the fundamentalist movement has had on such issues as censorship, textbook content, Creationism versus Evolution, the family and education, school prayer, and the state regulation of Christian schools.  In exploring both sides of the debate, however, the author concludes that many fundamentalists' concerns are justified, due to a basic



inconsistency between the rights guaranteed under the First Amendment and the position that many public schools have legally assumed. Eugene F. Provenzo is Professor in the School of Education at the University of Miami, Coral Gables.