For goodness sake : religious schools and education for democratic citizenry /

Feinberg, Walter, 1937-

For goodness sake : religious schools and education for democratic citizenry / Walter Feinberg. - New York : Routledge, 2006. - xxviii, 241 p. ; 23 cm. - Social theory, education, and cultural change series . - Social theory, education, and cultural change. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-228) and index.

Religious instruction and moral education -- Back to school -- The construction of religious communities -- Criticism and commitment -- Faith and the pedagogical limits of critical inquiry -- The nature of the public interest in religious education -- Safety and the question of educational negligence -- Intellectual growth, autonomy, and religious education -- Religious chauvinism and the democratic citizen -- The reconstruction of religious education -- The challenge of religious education for pluralism -- The challenge of religious education for liberalism.

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Church and education.
Moral education.
Religious education.
Democracy.

LC 375 / .F44 2006