Teaching for commitment : liberal education, indoctrination and Christian nurture / Elmer John Thiessen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thiessen, Elmer John, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian education--Philosophy.

Christian education.

Education, Humanistic--Philosophy.

Education, Humanistic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thiessen calls for reconstruction of the Enlightenment ideal of liberal education from which the charge of indoctrination typically arises. He argues that liberal education necessarily builds on nurture and therefore needs to be more sensitive to the traditions into which a child is initiated. The ideals of autonomy, rationality, and critical openness - all closely related to the ideal of liberal education - need to be modified if they are to be both realistic and philosophically defensible. Once this is done it can be seen that confessional religious education without indoctrination is possible. Teaching for Commitment is an interdisciplinary study covering the fields of religion, philosophy, epistemology, ethics, and education. The very practical nature of the problem being examined, and Thiessen's straightforward and non-technical presentation, will be of interest to parochial and public school boards, teachers, and parents, as well as religious institutions, educationalists, and philosophers of education.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

The Charge of Religious Indoctrination

Liberal Education: The Context of the Charge of Indoctrination

Content of Indoctrination and the Scientific Ideal

Methods of Indoctrination and the Ideal of Rationality

Intentions of the Indoctrinator and the Ideal of Autonomy

Consequences of Indoctrination and the Ideal of Critical Openness

Institutional Indoctrination and the Democratic Ideal of Liberal Institutions

Religious Indoctrination vs Liberal Education: Some Conclusions

Some Practical Suggestions

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85638-3

9786612856389

0-7735-6395-4

OCLC:

1380734809