Religion and American Education: Rethinking a National Dilemma

by Warren A. Nord

Book Overview

Warren Nord's thoughtful book tackles an issue of great importance in contemporary America: the role of religion in our public schools and universities. According to Nord, public opinion has been excessively polarized by those religious conservatives who would restore religious purposes and practices to public education and by those secular liberals for whom religion is irrelevant to everything in the curriculum. While he maintains that public schools...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807844780
• ISBN13: 9780807844786
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 502 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"