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American Evangelicals and Religious Diversity is a qualitative study of how religion and education intersect at one conservative Christian school. The school is Evangelical and American. The school’s curriculum is bible-based and fulfills its state’s educational requirements for high school graduation. While the school has an environment that is Evangelical, the students live in a religiously-diverse world.
This book documents how three students and their teacher struggle to understand a world that challenges their faith. The context for this understanding is how the teacher presents and the three students come to understand Catholicism, Islam, and the indigenous religions of the Americas. Americans continue to debate whether religious schools are too parochial and do not prepare students to live a diverse society.
Foreword.
Chapter 1. Christian Schools and the Implications of Identity.
Chapter 2. A Theological Overview of American Evangelical Protestant Christianity.
Chapter 3. A Historical Overview of the American Evangelical Movement and Its Role in Education.
Chapter 4. Religion in a Pluralistic World: Secularization Theory, Religious Vitality, and the Relativization of Tradition.
Chapter 5. The State of American Evangelical Christianity.
Chapter 6. A Subcultural Education Case Study: Setting, Participants, and Methodology.
Chapter 7. Midwest Christian Academy Encounters Islam, Roman Catholicism, and the Worldviews of the Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas.
Chapter 8. Amy.
Chapter 9. Caleb.
Chapter 10. Nathan.
Chapter 11. Interpreting the Primary Informants.
Chapter 12. Evangelicals, Civil Society, and Other Religious Traditions.
Chapter 13. Ingroups, Outgroups, and Christian Education.
Appendices.
A. Midwest Christian Academy Statement of Faith.
B. Primary Document References.
C. Video References.
D. Student Demographic Survey.
E. Reflective Essay Questions.
F. Student Questionnaire.
G. Focus Group Interview Schedules.
References.