
Indoctrination, Education and God
Terence Copley(Author)
SPCK Publishing
Published on 18. February 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-281-05682-8 (ISBN)
Description
Can secular indoctrination occur and is it happening within the education system? European history has made westerners very wary about the dangers of religious indoctrination, but we are less ready to receive and examine evidence for indoctrination by secular worldviews. This wide-ranging book looks at what indoctrination really is and how it operates, particularly through the media and education. It asks if the apparent western unease about religion relates to uncertainty about national identity. The book examines the values that the vast enterprise of education is assuming or affirming in the UK and how far this goes to shaping minds. If a society's education is in some ways a mirror of its value, to what extent do we see in the mirror of education a reflection of our early 21st century society?
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-281-05682-8 (9780281056828)
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Terence Copley is Professor of Religious Education at the University of Exeter's School of Education and Lifelong Learning. He has published 35 books with various publishers, including The Myth of Man (2002), Spiritual Development in the State School (2000). He writes regularly for the British Journal of Religious Education, RE Today and The Times Educational Supplement.