Grappling with the Good: Talking about Religion and Morality in Public Schools

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agonistic (adversarial) democracy, 77, 92–94 Adams, Robert, 161n11 African American churches, 18, 104 American Indian education, 147n14 Avery, Patricia, 76 Bader, Veit, 109 Baer, Richard, 110 Barber, Benjamin, 58 Berger, Peter, 51 Bible reading, in public schools, 20–24, 26–27, 148n24 Black, Justice Hugo, 25, 26 Brown, Samuel, 22 Buddhism, idea of “no self,” 56 burdens of judgment. See reasonableness Calhoun, Cheshire, 93 Callan, Eamonn, 45–46, 58, 78, 91, 110–111, 115, 117, 142, 160n6, 161n17 care, ethic of, 45, 91, 93 Catholic immigration, 17 resistance against pan-Protestantism, 18, 20, 27 schools, 19–20 character education, 2–3, 6, 23, 30, 40, 141, 145n6, 151n45 critiques of, 6, 8, 23, 30–31, 32, 45–46, 72, 89, 140, 141 Character Education Association, 23 charitable interpretation, 64, 107, 131 civic deliberation, 59, 62, 78, 79–80, 89–90, 125–126. See also deliberative reason relationship to imaginative engagement , 8, 74, 75, 86 civic friendship, 101–102 civic sphere. See spheres civility, 93–94, 120 Coalition of Essential Schools, 137–138 cognitive developmentalism, 3, 8, 29–30, 45–46, 140, 141, 150n43, 151n44, 155n5 Colby, Anne, 142 colonial education, 15–17 common school movement, 17–21, 23 communicative democracy, 89–91 constitutional consensus, 42 Cooling, Trevor, 111 court cases Abington v. Schempp (1963), 26–27 Board of Education v. Minor (1872), 22, 148n26 Donahoe v. Richards (1854), 21–22 Engel v. Vitale (1962), 26–27 Epperson v. Arkansas (1968), 152n50 Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971), 32 McCollum v. Board of Education (1948), 25 Minersville v. Gobitis (1940), 149n35 Mozert v. Hawkins (1987), 48 Roemer v. Maryland Public Works Board (1976), 12 Tinker v. Des Moines (1968), 33 United States v. Seeger (1968), 47, 49 165 Index Weiss v. the District Board of Edgerton (1890), 22 Welsh v. United States (1970), 47, 49 West Virginia v. Barnette (1943), 149n35 Zorach v. Clauson (1952), 149n33 Damon, William, 142 Darwall, Stephen, 36–37, 38, 61 debates, classroom, 92, 95–96 deliberative democratic theory, 8, 42, 89, 95 deliberative reason, elements of, 82–89, 95–97 Delpit, Lisa, 90 democratic activism, 92–93 disestablishmentarianism. See separation of church and state Eck, Diana, 51–52, 153n15, 153n17 Eight Year Study, 23 empathy. See under imaginative engagement epistemic privilege, 65, 69 Ethical Dialogue scope and definition of, 6–7, 50, 59, 84–85 students’ ability to engage in, 60, 77, 86, 97, 125, 127, 140 ethical education, definition of, 2–3, 6–7 ethical framework definition of, 35, 43–44, 49 respect for versus endorsement of, 40–41, 61–62, 89 revision versus adherence, 57, 62, 114–115 ethic of care, 45, 91, 93 evolution, teaching of, 24–25, 152n50 fallibilism, 112–116, 118–119, 161n11, 161n12 field experiences, 70 flag salute. See Pledge of Allegiance Fleming, W. S., 23–24 Floden, Robert, 131 Fraser, James, 13 Galston, William, 115 Geertz, Clifford, 64 Giroux, Henry, 66 Glenn, Charles, 17, 54–55 Goizueta, Roberto, 55–56, 65 grappling, 140 Greene, Maxine, 71 Harmin, Merrill. See values clarification Haynes, Charles, 52 Hess, Diana, 95, 132 hidden curriculum, 7 Hill, Thomas, Jr., 44 hooks, bell, 66 identity development, 56–58. See also moral identity identity politics, 38 imaginative engagement, 9, 59, 62, 91 affective versus cognitive understanding , 68, 72–74 art and stories, 70–72 as appreciation, 61–64 as groundwork for deliberation, 74, 82–84, 97, 125–126, 155n4 developmental capacity for empathy/perspective taking, 64, 69, 72, 73, 86 field experiences, 70 insider versus outsider understanding, 61, 63, 64–69 role-plays, 68–70 indoctrination. See teacher preparation for Ethical Dialogue: pedagogical neutrality interreligious dialogue, 113 intolerance. See tolerance Jefferson, Thomas, 15, 25, 147n8 Jehovah’s Witness, 149n35 Jenkins, Philip, 51–52, 153n16 Justice, Benjamin, 20–21 Kaestle, Carl, 17 Kantian version of respect, 37, 38 Kelly, Thomas, 97 166 Index court cases (continued) Kerdeman, Deborah, 61 Kohlberg, Lawrence. See cognitive developmentalism Kohn, Alfie, 30 Kymlicka, Will, 89 Larmore, Charles, 87, 113 Leming, James, 6 Lemon test, 32 Levinson, Natasha, 90, 132 Lickona, Thomas, 28–29, 30 Lomasky, Loren, 37, 38, 152n2 Lortie, Dan, 133 Lyon, Justice William Penn, 22 Macedo, Stephen, 19, 82–83, 86 Madison, James, 16 Mann, Horace, 17–18, 19, 20, 21 McAllister, Gretchen, 133 McClellan, B. Edward, 17, 150n40 McGuffey Readers, 16 Michaelsen, Robert, 34 Mill, John Stuart, 66 millenialism. See postmillenialism modus vivendi, 42 moment of silence. See prayer, in public schools monism, ethical. See pluralism, ethical Moore...