Religious Fundamentalism and American Education: The Battle for the Public Schools
Jan 1990 · State University of New York Press
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For the past twenty-five years, ultra-fundamentalist Christians have put increasing pressure on American public education to conform exclusively with their own philosophy and vision of education and culture. Eugene Provenzo considers and addresses the impact that the fundamentalist movement has had on such issues as censorship, textbook content, Creationism versus Evolution, the family and education, school prayer, and the state regulation of Christian schools.
In exploring both sides of the debate, however, the author concludes that many fundamentalists concerns are justified, due to a basic inconsistency between the rights guaranteed under the First Amendment and the position that many public schools have legally assumed.
In exploring both sides of the debate, however, the author concludes that many fundamentalists concerns are justified, due to a basic inconsistency between the rights guaranteed under the First Amendment and the position that many public schools have legally assumed.
For the past twenty-five years, ultra-fundamentalist Christians have put increasing pressure on American public education to conform exclusively with their own philosophy and vision of education and culture. Eugene Provenzo considers and addresses the impact that the fundamentalist movement has...
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Eugene F. Provenzo is Professor in the School of Education at the University of Miami, Coral Gables.
Eugene F. Provenzo is Professor in the School of Education at the University of Miami, Coral Gables.
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