For the Civic Good: The Liberal Case for Teaching Religion in the Public Schools

by Walter Feinberg and Richard A. Layton

Why teach about religion in public schools? What educational value can such courses potentially have for students?

In For the Civic Good, Walter Feinberg and Richard A. Layton offer an argument for the contribution of Bible and world religion electives. The authors argue that such courses can, if taught properly, promote an essential aim of public education: the construction of a civic public, where strangers engage with one another...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472052071
• ISBN13: 9780472052073
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"