Whose kids are they anyway? : religion and morality in America's public schools / Raymond R. Roberts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Raymond R., 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moral education--United States.

Moral education.

United States.

Public schools--United States.

Public schools.

Physical Description:

x, 150 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cleveland, Ohio : Pilgrim Press, 2002.

Summary:

Roberts argues that the debate over moral education is shaped by five different understandings of religion and recommends a sixth mediating position where all children belong to a plurality of spheres--to parents, to the public, and to God.

Contents:

1 Crisis of Confidence 1

2 The Values Education Debate 9

3 Religion and Human Nature 31

4 Pluralism and the Crisis of Educational Responsibility 47

5 Making Good People 69

6 Religion and Democratic Conversation 87

7 Education among the Spheres 107.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-142) and index.

ISBN:

0829814574

OCLC:

49225467