Faith ed
Subtitle: teaching about religion in an age of intolerance
By: Linda K. Wertheimer
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780807086162
Subjects: Curricula; Education; Religion in the public schools
Description: "An intimate cross-country look at the new debate over religion in the public schools...Wertheimer's fascinating investigation, which includes a return to her rural Ohio school, which once ran weekly Christian Bible classes, reveals a public education system struggling to find the right path forward and offers a promising roadmap for raising a new generation of religiously literate Americans."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-211).
Table of contents: title: Burkagate; title: Did a field trip put students in the lion's den?; title: Whose truth should they hear?; title: How young is too young?; title: The church lady; title: Carefully taught; title: Raising religiously literate Americans.