ABSTRACT
This book focuses on the problem of religious diversity, civil dialogue, and religion education in public schools, exploring the ways in which atheists, secularists, fundamentalists, and mainstream religionists come together in the public sphere, examining how civil discourse about religion fit swithin the ideals of the American political and pedagogical systems and how religious studies education can help to foster civility and toleration.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |21 pages
Tolerance Is Not Enough
Why Only a Commitment to Robust Pluralism Can Rescue America's Civic Life
chapter |15 pages
High Stakes Ignorance
Religion, Education, and the Unwitting Reproduction of Bigotry
chapter |20 pages
The First Amendment Consensus Approach to Teaching about Religion in U.S. Public Schools
Applications and Assessment
chapter |13 pages
Civil Discourse or Simple Discord?
Competing Visions for Religion in the Public Schools
chapter |16 pages
From World Religions to Lived Religion
Towards a Pedagogy of Civic Engagement in Secondary School Religious Studies Curricula