Education, Religion, and the Common Good: Advancing a Distinctly American Conversation About Religion's Role in Our Shared Life
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MARTIN E. MARTY is professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, where he taught for thirty-five years. Contributing editor of the Christian Century, he is the author of more than fifty books, including the three-volume Modern American Religion, and the five volumes of The Fundamentalism Project. He is an ordained minister and frequent media commentator on American religion.
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Introduction: Why Read This Book?
Just What Are We Talking About, Anyway?
Why This Civil Conversation Is Urgent.
A Historical Map of the Present Situation.
Religion and Education: The Pitfalls of Engaging a Complex Issue.
Why Religion Belongs in Publicly Funded Primary and Secondary Education.
The Religious Schooling Response.
Public Universities and Graduate Education.
Religion and Higher Education: A Specific AgAnda for Advancing the Conversation.
After Listening, a Time to Act.
Resources.
Notes.
The Author.
About the Public Religion Project.
Index.
Just What Are We Talking About, Anyway?
Why This Civil Conversation Is Urgent.
A Historical Map of the Present Situation.
Religion and Education: The Pitfalls of Engaging a Complex Issue.
Why Religion Belongs in Publicly Funded Primary and Secondary Education.
The Religious Schooling Response.
Public Universities and Graduate Education.
Religion and Higher Education: A Specific AgAnda for Advancing the Conversation.
After Listening, a Time to Act.
Resources.
Notes.
The Author.
About the Public Religion Project.
Index.
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"I know of no other book that addresses so well the subject of religion in education across the wide spectrum from public schools to universities. And because of his capacity to speak clearly to diverse publics, no other author is better equipped than Martin Marty to promote conversation (as opposed to verbal warfare) about this controversial subject among school board members as well as teachers, concerned taxpayers as well as advocates of religion." (Conrad Cherry, professor, Indiana University/Purdue University)
"Only Martin Marty, our most respected scholar of American religion, has the credibility to frame a new and much-needed national dialogue about the place of religion in American education. This lucid and thought-provoking book asks the key questions that must be addressed as Americans seek the common good across differences that are deep and abiding." (Charles C. Haynes, senior scholar, First Amendment Center)
"With his customary eloquence, insight, and learning, Martin Marty makes a compelling case for including the study of religion in schools and universities. This timely and important contribution to our cultural conversation about education and the common good should be of great interest to educators and the wider public." (Warren A. Nord, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, author of Religion and American Education)
"Only Martin Marty, our most respected scholar of American religion, has the credibility to frame a new and much-needed national dialogue about the place of religion in American education. This lucid and thought-provoking book asks the key questions that must be addressed as Americans seek the common good across differences that are deep and abiding." (Charles C. Haynes, senior scholar, First Amendment Center)
"With his customary eloquence, insight, and learning, Martin Marty makes a compelling case for including the study of religion in schools and universities. This timely and important contribution to our cultural conversation about education and the common good should be of great interest to educators and the wider public." (Warren A. Nord, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, author of Religion and American Education)
