The purpose of this book is to illustrate the complexity of the social, cultural, and legal milieu of schooling in the United States in which the improvement of religious literacy and understanding must take place. Public education is the new commons.
Contents
Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Challenges to Free Expression; Chapter One: Negotiating the New Commons in Religion and Education; Chapter Two: Tolerance, Civility, and Cognitive Development; Chapter Three: Prayer and Student-Initiated Religious Activities in Public Schools; Chapter Four: The Day of Dialogue and the Golden Rule Pledge; II: Selected Approaches to Religion in Public Schools; Chapter Five: Released Time Programs in Religion Education; Chapter Six: Promoting Civic and Religious Literacy in Public Schools; Chapter Seven: To Change Society or Reflect It?
Chapter Eight: Religion Knows No BoundariesChapter Nine: An Emerging "Middle Way" in Public and Private Education?; Chapter Ten: Integrating Religion into Multicultural Education; Afterword; Index; About the Contributors.