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Exploring a subject that is as important as it is divisive, this two-volume work offers the first current, definitive work on the intricacies and issues relative to America's faith-based schools.

Table of Contents

Preface Thomas C. Hunt and James C. Carper Volume 1 Introduction Thomas C. Hunt and James C. Carper Part I: Protestant Schools Amish Schools 1 Amish Schools Mark W. Dewalt Mennonite Schools 2 Old Order Mennonite Schools Mark W. Dewalt 3 Mennonite Education Agency Affiliated Schools Donovan D. Steiner Calvinist Schools 4 Calvinist Christian Schools Steven C. Vryhof 5 Christian Schools International Steven C. Vryhof Episcopal Schools 6 Episcopal Schools Walter L. Prehn 7 National Association of Episcopal Schools Daniel R. Heischman Evangelical and Fundamentalist Christian Schools and Homeschooling 8 Christian Day Schools James C. Carper 9 Association of Christian Schools International John C. Holmes 10 American Association of Christian Schools Judylynn Walton 11 Association of Classical and Christian Schools Eileen J. Councill Evangelical Protestant Homeschooling 12 Evangelical Protestant and Other Faith-Based Homeschooling Brian D. Ray Lutheran Schools 13 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Schools R. Guy Erwin 14 Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Schools Jan W. Lohmeyer 15 The Association of Lutheran Secondary Schools William D. Cochran 16 The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Office of School Ministry William D. Cochran 17 The Story of Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Schools in America Robert F. Klindworth 18 Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School System Direction Robert F. Klindworth Seventh-day Adventist Schools 19 Seventh-day Adventist Schools Larry D. Burton 20 The Seventh-day Adventist Schools: Organizational Support Lyndon G. Furst Society of Friends Schools 21 Society of Friends (Quaker) Schools Irene McHenry 22 Friends Council on Education Irene McHenry Part II: Jewish Schools 23 Jewish Community Day Schools Bruce S. Cooper and Marc N. Kramer 24 Conservative Jewish Day Schools Elaine R. Shizgal Cohen 25 Orthodox Jewish Day Schools Moshe Sokolow 26 Reform Jewish Day Schools Michael Zeldin 27 RAVSAK: The Jewish Community Day School Network Marc N. Kramer and Bruce S. Cooper 28 Solomon Schechter Day School Network Elaine R. Shizgal Cohen 29 National Society for Hebrew Day Schools (Torah Umesorah)Bruce S. Cooper 30 PARDeS: The Reform Day School Network Jane West Walsh Volume 2 Part III: Catholic Schools 31 Catholic Schools in the United States from Colonial Times to Vatican II Thomas C. Hunt 32 Catholic Schools in the United States from Vatican II to Present Ronald J. Nuzzi, James M. Frabutt, and Anthony C. Holter 33 Catholic Homeschooling Amy S. McEntee 34 Catholic School Sponsorship Brother John R. Habjan, S. M. and George J. Lisjak 35 The Threshold of New Catholic and Faith-Based Learning Environments: The Advance of the Digital Culture Angela Ann Zukowski, MHSH 36 Catholic Independent and Unaffiliated Schools John J. White 37 History of the National Catholic Educational Association Karen M. Ristau 38 Catholic Bishops' Conferences in the United States John J. White 39 University Consortium for Catholic Education Susan M. Ferguson and Regina A. Lloyd Part IV: Islamic Schools 40 Islamic Schools Karen E. Keyworth 41 Islamic Schools League of America Karen E. Keyworth Part V: Orthodox Schools 42 Greek Orthodox Schools Effie N. Christie Part VI: Issues in Faith-Based Schooling 43 Faith-Based Charter Schools and Public Policy Janet Mulvey and Arthur Maloney 44 State and Federal Regulation of Faith-Based Schools Ralph Mawdsley 45 Leading Supreme Court Decisions on Faith-Based Schools Charles J. Russo 46 Politics of Faith-Based Schooling Steven L. Jones 47 School Choice and Faith-Based Schools Charles L. Glenn 48 Outcomes of Faith-Based Schools David Sikkink 49 American Faith-Based Schools in Comparative Perspective Charles L. Glenn Appendix I: U.S. Supreme Court Decisions and Faith-Based Schools John Witte, Jr. Appendix II: State Supreme Court Decisions and Faith-Based Schools Charles J. Russo Index About the Editors and Contributors

About the Author

Thomas C. Hunt, PhD, is professor in the School of Education and Allied Professions and a fellow in the Center for Catholic Education at the University of Dayton, OH. James C. Carper, PhD, is professor of social foundations of education at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, and has served in similar positions at Mississippi State University and Tulane University.

Reviews

This survey of faith-based schooling in the United States represents much hard work in gathering the wealth of information it presents. Libraries will be wise to purchase what should become an enduring reference.
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