MacMullen, Ian,  1976- <br/><br/>
Faith in schools? :  autonomy, citizenship, and religious education in the liberal state / 
 Autonomy, citizenship, and religious education in the liberal state 
Ian MacMullen. 
 - Princeton, N.J. :  Princeton University Press,  ©2007. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 230 pages) 
<br/><br/> Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Harvard University. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226) and index. 
<br/><br/>Civic education and religious schools: The civic case against religious schools -- Civic education and the autonomy problem in political liberalism -- Autonomy as a public value: Autonomy, identity and choice -- The value of autonomy in a pluralist world -- Autonomy as a goal of education policy: objections and responses -- Religious schools and education for autonomy: Secular public schools: critiques and responses -- Religious secondary schools as threat to autonomy? -- The role of religious primary schools. 
<br/><br/> Should a liberal democratic state permit religious schools? Should it fund them? What principles should govern these decisions in a society marked by religious and cultural pluralism? In Faith in Schools?, Ian MacMullen tackles these important questions through both political and educational theory, and he reaches some surprising and provocative conclusions. MacMullen argues that parents' desires to educate their children "in the faith" must not be allowed to deny children the opportunity for ongoing rational reflection about their values. Government should safeguard children's interests in de. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400828111 1400828112 1282087010 9781282087019 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/cttwhdj  JSTOR 
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<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA728551  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label> Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Church schools--Government policy.<br/>Church and education--Philosophy.<br/>Education and state--Philosophy.<br/>Church and education.<br/>Church schools.<br/>Education and state.<br/>EDUCATION--Organizations & Institutions.<br/>EDUCATION--Administration--General.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--Civil Rights.<br/>Education and state--Philosophy<br/>Godsdienstige opvoeding.<br/>Kerk en maatschappij.<br/>Politiek.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>JSTOR-DDA Church schools  Government policy Church and education  Philosophy Education and state  Philosophy Multi-User. 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC368  / .M33 2007eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>371.071