1st Edition
Religion in the Classroom Dilemmas for Democratic Education
Biography
Jennifer Hauver James is Associate Professor of Social Studies Education at the University of Georgia, USA.
Simone Schweber is Goodman Professor of Education and Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Robert Kunzman is Professor and Associate Dean for Teacher Education Faculty at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.
Keith C. Barton is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Indiana University, USA.
Kimberly Logan is a recent graduate from the Department of Educational Theory and Practice at the University of Georgia, USA.
Providing a mixture of personal accounts, theory, and the voices of students and teachers, Religion in the Classroom is an important and accessible volume that highlights the complexities surrounding the nature and scope of religion and its impact in/on education.
Avner Segall, Associate Professor, Michigan State University
This is an exciting and refreshingly bold book about the intersections across religion, democracy, and schooling. The authors’ candid reflections on the role of religion in their personal and professional lives, together with the penetrating and insightful questions they pose, provide a powerful starting point for meaningful conversations among teachers and teacher educators.
Patricia G. Avery, Professor, University of Minnesota
