Education, politics and religion : reconciling the civil and the sacred in education / / James Arthur, Liam Gearon and Alan Sears
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Arthur James.
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| Titolo: |
Education, politics and religion : reconciling the civil and the sacred in education / / James Arthur, Liam Gearon and Alan Sears
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (174 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 370.11 |
| Soggetto topico: | Postmodernism and higher education - United States |
| Christians - Political activity - United States | |
| Church and college - United States | |
| Altri autori: |
GearonLiam
SearsAlan <1954->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book 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 |
| 5 Religious faith, citizenship education and the public square6 Citizenship education as transformation: The possibilities of religious approaches to education; Afterword; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Education, politics and religion |
| ISBN: | 1-136-93523-1 |
| 1-136-93524-X | |
| 1-282-65608-2 | |
| 9786612656088 | |
| 0-203-84657-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811796903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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