LEADER 03436oam 2200685I 450 001 9910459116903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-93524-X 010 $a1-282-65608-2 010 $a9786612656088 010 $a0-203-84657-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203846575 035 $a(CKB)2670000000029603 035 $a(EBL)547327 035 $a(OCoLC)646788492 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000416520 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11322750 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416520 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10441405 035 $a(PQKB)11382062 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC547327 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL547327 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10402317 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL265608 035 $a(OCoLC)650076756 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000029603 100 $a20180706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEducation, politics and religion $ereconciling the civil and the sacred in education /$fJames Arthur, Liam Gearon and Alan Sears 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (174 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-56549-9 311 $a0-415-56548-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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 327 $a5 Religious faith, citizenship education and the public square6 Citizenship education as transformation: The possibilities of religious approaches to education; Afterword; Bibliography; Index 330 $aIn recent years a number of popular books have savaged religion arguing it is a dangerous delusion that poisons human societies and relationships. This is but the most recent manifestation of a secularising agenda that has been sweeping contemporary democratic societies since the Enlightenment. This book pushes back against that agenda, examining its key assumptions and arguing that the exclusion of religious people and ideas from education and the public square is both undemocratic and unwise.For the most part the book draws arguments and examples from Christianity, the religious tr 606 $aPostmodernism and higher education$zUnited States 606 $aChristians$xPolitical activity$zUnited States 606 $aChurch and college$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPostmodernism and higher education 615 0$aChristians$xPolitical activity 615 0$aChurch and college 676 $a370.11 700 $aArthur$b James.$0348301 701 $aGearon$b Liam$0802017 701 $aSears$b Alan$0977589 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459116903321 996 $aEducation, politics and religion$92227207 997 $aUNINA