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Scholarship March 29, 2017

Teaching for Commitment: Liberal Education, Indoctrination, and Christian Nurture

The Wabash Center

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Author
Thiessen, Elmer John
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press, Buffalo, NY
ISBN
9780773511620
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction

ch. 1 The Charge of Religious Indoctrination
ch. 2 Liberal Education: The Context of the Charge of Indoctrination
ch. 3 Content of Indoctrination and the Scientific Ideal
ch. 4 Methods of Indoctrination and the Ideal of Rationality
ch. 5 Intentions of the Indoctrinator and the Ideal of Autonomy
ch. 6 Consequences of Indoctrination and the Ideal of Critical Openness
ch. 7 Institutional Indoctrination and the Democratic Ideal of Liberal Institution
ch. 8 Religious Indoctrination Vs. Liberal Education: Some Conclusions
ch. 9 Some Practical Suggestions

Notes
Bibliography
Index
This book covers the fields of religion, philosophy, epistemology, ethics, and education. The very practical nature of the problem examined, and Thiessen's straightforward and non-technical presentation, will be of interest to parochial and public school boards, teachers, and parents, as well as religious groups, educationalists, and philosophers of education. (From the Publisher)