Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools: Reforming Secular Education or Reestablishing Religion?

by Candy Gunther Brown

Book Overview

Yoga and mindfulness activities, with roots in Asian traditions such as Hinduism or Buddhism, have been brought into growing numbers of public schools since the 1970s. While they are commonly assumed to be secular educational tools, Candy Gunther Brown asks whether religion is truly left out of the equation in the context of public-school curricula. An expert witness in four legal challenges, Brown scrutinized unpublished trial records, informant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469648482
• ISBN13: 9781469648484
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"