The Wiley Handbook of Christianity and Education

WILLIAM JEYNES, PhD, is Professor of Education at California State University, Long Beach. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, New Jersey. He graduated first in his class from Harvard University. He has served as a speaker and advisor for three presidential administrations, as well as for several major foreign governments and the EU. Bill has more than 165 academic publications, including well over 100 articles, 14 books, and 49 book chapters to his name.

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, Hillsdale College

2 The Two Biological Parent Family, Christianity, and Economic Prosperity 43
William Jeynes, California State University, Long Beach and the Witherspoon Institute, Princeton

3 The Christian Pastoral]Artisanal vs. Academic Industrial Models of Education in America 67
David W. Robinson, George Fox University

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

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

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

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

8 Character Education Traced Throughout American History 201
Jamie Kay Jakubowski-Tungyoo, California State University, Long Beach and William Jeynes, California State University, Long Beach and the Witherspoon Institute, Princeton

9 Publicly Funded Charter Schools with Religious Ties 233
Daniel Hamlin, University of Toronto and Harvard University

Part II Christianity and Education Around the Globe 257

10 Faith]based Schooling in a Pluralistic Democracy 259
Charles L. Glenn, Boston University

11 The Teaching of the Holocaust in American Evangelical Christian Schools 279
William Jeynes, California State University, Long Beach and the Witherspoon Institute, Princeton

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

13 Religious Liberty and Educational Pluralism: Abraham Kuyper’s Principled Advocacy of School Choice 325
Wendy Naylor, University of Chicago

14 Christianity and Education: A Brazilian Perspective 355
Paulo Romeiro, MacKenzie University, Brazil

15 Latinx Parental Expectations in the Home: Educación and the Assets of Religiosity, Family, and Community 365
Daniel D. Liou, Arizona State University, Eric Ambroso, Arizona State University, and Rene Antrop-González, Metropolitan State University Minnesota

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, Wilberforce Academy and Amanda Forbes, Trinity Education

17 “Small Things with Great Love”: Apostle Peter’s Wisdom for Christian Educators Around the World 399
Mary Poplin, Claremont University

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, University of Dayton

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

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, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs and Rebecca S. Keith, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

21 School Choice, Worldview, and Secularism’s Blindness 513
Craig S. Englehardt, Baylor University

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

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, Wilberforce Academy and William Jeynes, California State University, Long Beach and the Witherspoon Institute, Princeton

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

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

Index