LEADER 02248nam 2200457 450 001 9910813850003321 005 20230803215636.0 010 $a9781743436868$b(electronic book) 010 $a1-74343-686-6 035 $a(CKB)4100000005248165 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5451251 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000005248165 100 $a20180802d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTaking God to school$b[electronic resource] $ethe end of Australia's egalitarian education? /$fMarion Maddox 210 1$aSydney, New South Wales :$cAllen & Unwin,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014. 215 $a1 online resource (xxiii, 248 pages) 311 $a1-74331-571-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 207-240) and index. 327 $a1. 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. 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aReligion in the public schools$zAustralia 606 $aEducation and state$zAustralia 606 $aEvangelistic work$zAustralia 615 0$aReligion in the public schools 615 0$aEducation and state 615 0$aEvangelistic work 676 $a379.28 700 $aMaddox$b Marion$01608122 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813850003321 996 $aTaking God to school$93934705 997 $aUNINA