1st Edition

For Goodness Sake Religious Schools and Education for Democratic Citizenry

By Walter Feinberg Copyright 2006
270 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge

While the fierce debate over religion in public schools receives ample media attention, we rarely consider the implications of religious schools on moral education and liberal democracy. In this groundbreaking work, Walter Feinberg opens up a critical new dialogue to offer a complete discussion of the important role religious schools play in the formation of a democratic citizenry. Feinberg, a... Read more

1. Religious Instruction and Moral Education  Part One: Back to School  2. The Construction of Religious Communities  3. Criticism and Commitment  4. Faith and the Pedagogical Limits of Critical Inquiry  Part Two: The Nature of the Public Interest in Religious Education  5. Safety and the Question of Educational Negligence  6. Intellectual Growth, Autonomy and Religious Education  7. Religious Chauvinism and the Democratic Citizen  Part Three: The Reconstruction of Religious Education  8. The Challenge of Religious Education for Pluralism  9. The Challenge of Religious Education for Liberalism

Biography

Walter Feinberg is the Charles Dunn Hardie Professor of Philosophy of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.