02248nam 2200457 450 991079696240332120230803215636.09781743436868(electronic book)1-74343-686-6(CKB)4100000005248165(MiAaPQ)EBC5451251(EXLCZ)99410000000524816520180802d2014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTaking God to school[electronic resource] the end of Australia's egalitarian education? /Marion MaddoxSydney, New South Wales :Allen & Unwin,2014.©2014.1 online resource (xxiii, 248 pages)1-74331-571-6 Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-240) and index.1. Marketplace mission -- 2. Free, compulsory and secular -- 3. No school will lose a dollar -- 4. Chirst-centred, bible-based, taxpayer-funded -- 5. Getting into the schools -- 6. It's the vibe -- 7. Reclaim the secular.In Australia's public schools, students are now routinely exposed to evangelism from very conservative Christian groups. Marion Maddox uncovers the surprising impact of these groups on once secular public schooling, and the ways in which governments have been persuaded to support their cause.Fewer Australians now practise a religion or believe in God than at any time in our past. Yet our governments increasingly push conservative Christianity on our children...Nearly forty per cent of secondary school children in Australia attend a private school, and overwhelmingly these are Christian schools. Canberra funds these.Religion in the public schoolsAustraliaEducation and stateAustraliaEvangelistic workAustraliaReligion in the public schoolsEducation and stateEvangelistic work379.28Maddox Marion1544564MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796962403321Taking God to school3798909UNINA