Description:
Faith schools are in the news all over the world. Are they a good or a bad thing in a modern pluralist society? This volume examines that contemporary debate concerning faith schooling, using a variety of conceptual and educational lenses. Edited by Stephen McKinney this collection provides a scholarly examination of the key themes in the current debate in some depth and detail. The contributions are not written from a particular form of faith schooling but reflect the great variety and diversity in faith schooling across the English speaking world. Each examines the debate from both internal and external perspectives.

Chapter 1: Mapping the debate on faith schooling in England Stephen J. McKinney

Chapter 2: Liberal democracy and faith schools Harry Brighouse

Chapter 3: Including students who are not Catholics in Catholic schools:
problems, issues and responses Maurice Ryan

Chapter 4: Do Catholic schools in Scotland cause or promote sectarianism?
Stephen J. McKinney

Chapter 5: Futures of faith schools Robert A. Davis

This is a collection that reflects the international dimension of the debate in the English speaking world. Contributions from leading academics in the UK are complemented by contributions from scholars from America and Australia. As such it will appeal to student teachers preparing to teach in faith schools as well as to educational administrators grappling with a fierce debate.

Dr Stephen J McKinney, the editor, is the Head of the Department of Religious Education in the Faculty of Education, University of Glasgow.