Religion and American Education: Rethinking a National Dilemma (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780807844786)

Warren Nord's thoughtful book tackles an issue of great importance in contemporary America: the role of religion in our public schools and universities. According to Nord, public opinion has been excessively polarized by those religious conservatives who would restore religious purposes and practices to public education and by those secular liberals for whom religion is irrelevant to everything in the curriculum. While he maintains that public schools and universities must not promote religion, he also argues that there are powerful philosophical, political, moral, and constitutional reasons for requiring students to study religion. Indeed, only if religion is included in the curriculum will students receive a truly liberal education, one that takes seriously a variety of ways of understanding the human experience. Intended for a broad audience, Nord's comprehensive study encompasses American history, constitutional law, educational theory and practice, theology, philosophy, and ethics. It also discusses a number of current, controversial issues, including multiculturalism, moral education, creationism, academic freedom, and the voucher and school choice movements.

Author: Warren A. Nord
ISBN-10: 0807844780
ISBN-13: 9780807844786
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Language: English
Published: 05/31/1995
Pages: 502
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.74lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.17w x 1.35d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/15/1995 pg. 1618
Library Journal 04/15/1995 pg. 90
Publishers Weekly 03/27/1995 pg. 81
Choice 06/01/2006 pg. 1777