CURRICULUM AND THE CULTURE WARS by Melissa m. Deckman (Editor), Joseph Prudhomme (Editor) ( 9781433118487 )

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CURRICULUM AND THE CULTURE WARS
DEBATING THE BIBLE'S PLACE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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Melissa m. Deckman (Editor), Joseph Prudhomme (Editor)

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PETER LANG PUBLISHING INC

Pub. date:

20 January, 2014

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Washington College Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture 3

Pages:

222

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against one another in the areas of evolution and sex education. Curriculum and the Culture Wars offers a fresh perspective on perennial debates about the role of religion in public schools, focusing on the intersection of religion and curriculum. This edited volume also offers new insights into long-standing battles that pit religious and secular advocates against one another in the areas of evolution and sex education.

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Curriculum and the Culture Wars offers a fresh perspective on perennial debates about the role of religion in public schools, focusing on the intersection of religion and curriculum. This debate has been renewed in part due to the growth of elective Bible courses in public schools in many parts of the country. The first half of the book presents new scholarship on the use of the Bible in schools, including a historical analysis of what the Founders had to say about the use of the Bible in public education, a more current assessment of the politics behind the elective Bible class movement in the early twenty-first century, and a critique of such educational programs from constitutional and pedagogical perspectives. This edited volume also offers new insights into long-standing battles that pit religious and secular advocates against one another in the areas of evolution and sex education and considers whether school choice programs that would allow parents the right to send their children to sectarian schools are an affront to promoting the goals of a liberal democracy.

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