The Wiley Handbook of Christianity and Education (eBook)

Notes on Contributors ix

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction 1

Part I Major Issues in Christian Education 3

1 The Movement Away from God in American Education 5
Kenneth Calvert

2 The Two Biological Parent Family, Christianity, and Economic Prosperity 43
William Jeynes

3 The Christian Pastoral-Artisanal vs. Academic Industrial Models of Education in America 67
David W. Robinson

4 Engaging Questions of Purpose: The Resurgence of Vocational Exploration and Its Integrative Potential for Higher Education 95
Michelle C. Louis

5 Why Religion and Religious Freedom is Good for Society, Offenders, and Prisons 119
Byron R. Johnson

6 The Integration of Faith Tradition and Teaching in Christian Higher Education 141
Perry L. Glanzer and Nathan F. Alleman

7 A Christian Mentoring Program for Character Education of African American Teens and Young Adults from Detroit 165
Lou Selzer

8 Character Education Traced Throughout American History 201
Jamie Kay Jakubowski-Tungyoo and William Jeynes

9 Publicly Funded Charter Schools with Religious Ties 233
Daniel Hamlin

Part II Christianity and Education Around the Globe 257

10 Faith-based Schooling in a Pluralistic Democracy 259
Charles L. Glenn

11 The Teaching of the Holocaust in American Evangelical Christian Schools 279
William Jeynes

12 Learned Piety in a Place of Freedom: A Brief History of Liberal Education in Europe, 1200-2000 297
Fred W. Beuttler

13 Religious Liberty and Educational Pluralism: Abraham Kuyper's Principled Advocacy of School Choice 325
Wendy Naylor

14 Christianity and Education: A Brazilian Perspective 355
Paulo Romeiro

15 Latinx Parental Expectations in the Home: Educacion and the Assets of Religiosity, Family, and Community 365
Daniel D. Liou, Eric Ambroso, and Rene Antrop-González

16 Church-based and Community-centered Higher Education: Case Study of an Alternative Strategy for Delivering Faith-based General Education to the Poor Around the World 381
Robert Osburn and Amanda Forbes

17 "Small Things with Great Love": Apostle Peter's Wisdom for Christian Educators Around the World 399
Mary Poplin

Part III Humanity at a Crossroads in Determining the Relationship Between Christianity and Education 417

18 The Supreme Court, 1st Amendment Religion Clauses, and Education: An Overview 419
Charles J. Russo

19 Using the Christian Paradigm of Living and Learning to Rethink the Extravert Ideal 441
Betty J. Talbert

20 The Dog that Didn't Bark: Enrollment, Student Demographic, and Capacity Trends in Christian Schools after
the Introduction of Private School Choice 477
Dick Carpenter II and Rebecca S. Keith

21 School Choice, Worldview, and Secularism's Blindness 513
Craig S. Engelhardt

22 Education in a Catholic Key 537
Timothy R. Scully, Sean McGraw, William C. Mattison III, and Louis A. DelFra

23 Minority Male Attainment: Cultivating Spiritual, Social, and Emotional Development 559
Osie L. Wood, Jr. and Monica Cole-Jackson

24 Defining our Terms: Why the Vision for the Pluralistic University Depends upon a Clear and Rigorous Understanding of Pluralism 577
Robert Osburn and William Jeynes

25 Christianity and Higher Education: Empirical Studies on the Perceptions of Intellectual Diversity at Elite Universities in the United States 601
Mark Brow

26 Religion, Adolescent Wellbeing, and Educational Outcomes 631
Tommy M. Phillips

Index 649