Overcoming Religious Illiteracy A Multicultural Approach To The Study Of Religion In Secondary Education

As a teacher at Harvard Divinity School and a secondary school teacher at Phillips Academy, Diane L. Moore is ideally suited to address the reasons why the academic study of religion must be incorporated into our secondary school curriculum in the United States. Multicultural trends in education have helped to advance the understanding of America's diversity and heritage, but the historic hegemony of Protestant Christianity coupled with the perceived constitutional prohibition against teaching about religion in public schools has served to foster a climate of religious illiteracy that is both dangerous and intellectually debilitating. The aim of this accessible volume is to present a strong argument in support of including the academic study of religion in public schools from a comparative and multicultural perspective.Moore, Diane L. is the author of 'Overcoming Religious Illiteracy A Multicultural Approach To The Study Of Religion In Secondary Education', published 2007 under ISBN 9781403963482 and ISBN 1403963487.