Teaching about Religions: A Democratic Approach for Public Schools

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297 Index Page numbers in italic indicate tables or figures. ABC News polls, 24 Abdrabboh, Fatina, 30 Abingdon School District v. Schempp (1963), 249n2 Abolition of Man (Lewis), 35 abortion citing of scientific research against, 84 gag rule reversal, 238, 240 legislation against, 68 postabortion syndrome, 87–88, 92 Abu Ghraib prison, 25 accessibility test, 85, 88 accountability principle, 83 active tolerance, 13–14, 19, 27–32 awareness of discrimination and, 44–45 civility and, 247 degrees of, 29–30 disclaimer statements and, 177 enthusiasm as necessary for, 52–53 evolution controversy and, 162–66 inconsistency with, 167–68 infringement on from intelligent design , 173–74 in Modesto’s religion course, 52, 110, 118–22 natural inclusion and, 50–51 promotion of, 49 public schools and increasing, 29, 246 without recognition, 47–48 social science research on, 107 understanding of beliefs and, 28–29 See also passive tolerance advisory councils, 146 agnostics, 140–41, 251n4, 265n36. See also secularism/secularists Allport, Gordon, 47 All Things Considered (radio program), 204 al-Qaeda, 31–32 American National Election Study, 24 American Pastoral (Roth), 193 Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, 180, 184 Amish, the, 21–22, 39 Antenore, Jim, 143 antidiscrimination laws, 33 Anti-Intellectualism in American Life (Hofstadter ), 212 apathy, 119 Arabs, media depictions of, 25 Aristotle, 245 Armstrong, Karen, 189, 190, 191, 272n33 ascending approach countercultural function of religion, 230–31 to elective Bible courses, 218, 276n26 embracing dissensus, 223–24 to teaching religion, 226, 229, 279nn36–37 tension between democratic citizenship and religion, 230 Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 53–54 atheists, 140–41, 251n1, 265n36, 266n37. See also secularism/secularists attendance of religious services, 19 Audacity of Hope, The (Obama), 236 Audi, Robert, 85, 88–89, 91 Augustine, Saint, 171, 231–32, 272n33 aversion, religious, 41–42, 45 balanced treatment, guidelines for, 169 Balmer, Randall, 276n24 Barber, Benjamin, 78–81 Barna Research Group, 102 Beauchamp, Marcia, 136, 139 Beckwith, Francis, 168, 186 Behe, Michael, 181 Beinart, Peter, 239, 240, 241, 247 beliefs critical of religions, 42, 255n27 vs. beliefs critical of race, 35 Bellah, Robert, 22 Bellow, Saul, 80 Berra, Tim, 149, 150 bias in Bible courses, 198–99, 201, 274n7 required courses and, 57 Bible, the centrality of, 224 influence of, 203, 216, 220 as literally true, 219–20 practical morality and, 200 Bible and Its Influence, The (BI) (BLP textbook ), 218–21, 223, 225, 277nn30–31, 279n37, 280n41 Bible and Public Schools, The: A First Amendment Guide (BLP and First Amendment Center), 277n27, 278n34, 279n38, 280n41 Bible courses assimilative process of, 200–201 biases in, 198–99, 201, 274n7 civic justification for, 203–5, 206 exclusion of controversial issues, 201 greater scrutiny for, 197, 215–16, 280n41 impacts on own faith, 198 influence argument for, 203 liberal political position of, 206–7 neutrality in, 205–6, 208, 215–16 objective teaching of, 205–7 in required curriculum, 195–96 in today’s religious landscape, 210–11, 276n23 Bible courses, elective, 15, 216–25, 275n15, 276n26, 280n41 civic argument for, 216–17 community involvement in, 218, 221–22 encouragement of secular arguments in political discussions, 227 humility and, 232 recognition argument for, 217–18 use of Bible and Its Influence in, 218–21 Bible Literacy Project (BLP), 218–19, 222–23, 277n28, 280n41 Bible Literacy Report, The, 220 biblical literacy civic benefits of, 203–5, 277n28 decline in, 208–9, 216 empowerment through, 205 historical narrative of decline in, 202–3 morality and, 207, 210 as reason for required Bible courses, 15, 195–96 Bird, Wendell, 158 Black, Hugo, 154 Bloom, Harold, 203 Boles, Donald, 274n10 born-again experience, 209 Bowers, Ida, 108 Brothers Karamazov, The (Dostoevsky), 159 Brownson, Orestes, 201 Bryan, William Jennings, 170, 268n12 Buddhists in Modesto, 108 burden of proof, 86, 93–94 burdens of judgment, 68 Bush, George W., 237 Callan, Eammon, 157 Carey, George, 46 caricaturing, 93, 98, 259n13, 260n18 Catholics in Modesto, 108 position on evolution, 268n15 support for Obama, 237 symbolic intolerance toward, 26, 253n15 Chancey, Mark, 277n32 Churchill, Winston, 66 civic argument for elective Bible courses, 216–17 civic education, 78, 112, 116 civic framework of world religions course, 51 civic republicanism, 78–81 civic tolerance, state promotion of, 43–45 298 index civic unity, 199, 201 civil discourse, hybrid arguments in, 89–90 Civil Forum on the Presidency, 236 civility and active tolerance, 247 civil politics and religion, 226–31 civil religion...