God's Choice: The Total World of a Fundamentalist Christian SchoolUniversity of Chicago Press, 15.06.1988 - 349 Seiten Is Bethany Baptist Academy God's choice? Ask the fundamentalist Christians who teach there or whose children attend the academy, and their answer will be a yes as unequivocal as their claim that the Bible is God's inerrant, absolute word. Is this truth or arrogance? In God's Choice, Alan Peshkin offers readers the opportunity to consider this question in depth. Given the outsider's rare chance to observe such a school firsthand, Peshkin spent eighteen months studying Bethany's high school—interviewing students, parents, and educators, living in the home of Bethany Baptist Church members, and participating fully in the church's activities. From this intimate research he has fashioned a rich account of Christian schooling and an informed analysis of a clear alternative to public education. |
Inhalt
The Setting the Author the Times | 1 |
2 Blessed Assurance The Dictates of Doctrine | 32 |
3 The Kings Witnesses Called to Teach | 62 |
4 The Structure of Control Until the Love of Christ Constraineth | 90 |
5 Bethanys Didactic Milieu A Match for the Devils Darts | 111 |
6 Bethanys Deviance Schooling for Spirituality | 143 |
7 By Their Fruits The Impact of Orthodoxy | 167 |
8 By Their Fruits Four Student Portraits | 192 |
9 In Satans Clutches Bethanys Scorners | 218 |
10 Bethanys Total Institution Truths Organizational Structure | 257 |
11 Gods Choice Costs and Benefits | 276 |
Appendixes | 301 |
B American Association of Christian Schools Statement of Faith | 303 |
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God's Choice: The Total World of a Fundamentalist Christian School Alan Peshkin Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1988 |
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