Faith in Schools: Autonomy, Citizenship, and Religious Education in the Liberal State

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Should a liberal democratic state permit religious schools Should it fund them What principles should govern these decisions in a society marked by religious and cultural pluralism In Faith in Schools, Ian MacMullen tackles these important questions through both political and educational theory, and he reaches some surprising and provocative co

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"A political scientist at Washington University in St. Louis and a native of England, where public funding of religious schools is common, MacMullen dissects the educational and political arguments for and against implementation of such a system in the United States... [MacMullen] proposes a solution he believes can satisfy both the wishes of families and the requirements of citizenship."--Education Week "MacMullen's book is an interesting read, with some significant policy implications. While the book does not necessarily win the case for adopting the author's approach, it succeeds admirably in advancing a more meaningful consideration of the goals of public education policy and whether religious instruction is incompatible with those goals."--Valerie Stoker, Journal of the American Academy of Religion

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Ian MacMullen is assistant professor of political science at Washington University in St. Louis.