| Description |
xii, 441 pages ; 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Education and law : court rulings on prayer and Bible reading -- Transcendental meditation : from Malnak v. Yogi to quiet time -- Yoga in America -- Modern Ashtanga yoga -- The Jois Foundation partnership with the Encinitas Union School District -- Sedlock v. Baird -- After Sedlock -- Mindfulness-based stress reduction -- Mindfulness in education -- Superbrain yoga -- Waldorf methods -- Science : claims and evidence of health benefits and adverse effects -- Religion : identifying and explaining religious effects -- Ethics : misidentifying religious practices as fully secular. |
| Summary |
Yoga and mindfulness activities, with roots in Asian traditions such as Hinduism or Buddhism, have been brought into growing numbers of public schools since the 1970s. While they are commonly assumed to be secular educational tools, Candy Gunther Brown asks whether religion is truly left out of the equation in the context of public-school curricula. An expert witness in four legal challenges, Brown scrutinized unpublished trial records, informant interviews, and legal precedents, as well as insider documents, some revealing promoters of "Vedic victory" or "stealth Buddhism" for public-school children. The legal challenges are fruitful cases for Brown's analysis of the concepts of religious and secular.While notions of what makes something religious or secular are crucial to those who study religion, they have special significance in the realm of public and legal norms. They affect how people experience their lives, raise their children, and navigate educational systems. The question of religion in public education, Brown shows, is no longer a matter of jurisprudence focused largely on the establishment of a Protestant Bible or nonsectarian prayer. Instead, it now reflects an increasingly diverse American religious landscape. Reconceptualizing secularization as transparency and religious voluntarism, Brown argues for an opt-in model for public-school programs. |
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Religion in the public schools -- United States.
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Religion in the public schools -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Yoga.
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Meditation.
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Meditation. (OCoLC)fst01015409
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Religion in the public schools. (OCoLC)fst01093887
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Religion in the public schools -- Law and legislation.
(OCoLC)fst01093889
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Yoga. (OCoLC)fst01182871
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| ISBN |
9781469648477 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1469648474 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9781469648484 paperback alkaline paper |
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1469648482 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781469648491 electronic book |
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