Table of Contents

Introduction, Jo Cairns, Roy Gardner and Denis Lawton Part 1: Faith Schools: Past and Present 1. Faith Schools Now: An Overview, Roy Gardner 2. Faith Schools and Colleges of Education since 1800, Brian Gates 3. The Legal Frameworks for Faith Schools and the Rights of the Child, Marie Parker-Jenkins Part 2: Faith Schools: For and Against 4. Faith Schools: Are They Justified?, Richard Pring 5. Are Faith Schools Divisive?, Mark Halstead and Terence McLaughlin 6. Religion and Schools: A Fresh Way Forward, Marilyn Mason 7. Faith-based Schools in the UK: An Unenthusiastic Defence of a Slightly Reformed Status Quo, Harry Brighouse 8. Keeping Faith with Social Capital: From Coleman to New Labour on Social Justice, Religion and Education, Eva Gamarnikow and Tony Green Part 3: Faith Schools in Practice 9. Perceptions and Practices in Christian Schools, Bart McGettrick 10. Learning Together: The Case for 'Joint Church' Schools, Alan Murphy 11. Segregation or Cohesion: Church of England Schools in Bradford, Rachel Barker and John Anderson 12. Through the Looking Glass: Religion, Identity and Citizenship in a Plural Culture from the Viewpoint of the Modern, Orthodox Jewish School, Lynndy Lewis Part 4: Faith Schools: The Experience Elsewhere 13. Measuring Catholic Schools Experience: An International Perspective, James Arthur 14. Faith Schools and Northern Ireland: A Review of Research, Tony Gallagher 15. Exclusion or Embrace: Faith, Social Ideals and 'Common Schooling' in America's Public Education, Michael Totterdell 16. Faith Schools in France: From Conflict to Consensus, Cecile Deer Part 5: Faith Schools: The Way Forward 17. Faith Schools and Communities: Communitarianism, Social Capital and Citizenship, John Annette 18. The Impact of Faith Schools on Pupil Performance, Sandie and Ian Shagen 19. Faith Schools, Religious Education and Citizenship, John Keast 20. Continuing Personal and Professional Development and Faith Schools, Roy Gardner and Jo Cairns 21. Faith Schools: Some Political Issues and an Agenda for Research, Denis Lawton and Jo Cairns

About the Author

Roy Gardner is Course Leader for Advanced Short Courses, Denis Lawton is Professor of Education and Jo Cairns is Lecturer in Education all at the Institute of Education, University of London.

Reviews

'This is an important contribution. It issues its own challenges: to the faith providers to articulate both their own starting points, and the ways in which their distinctive contribution is beneficial for the state of the nation; and to opponents to provide hard evidence for what they most fear about faith schools.' - British Journal of Religious Education'With the renewed interest, internationally, in the role of faith and the planned expansion in the United Kingdon of faith-based secondary schools, this collection of articles in timely.' - International Journal of Children's Spirituality