@article{907760,
      recid = {907760},
      author = {Alexander, Hanan A., and Agbaria, Ayman K.},
      title = {Commitment, character, and citizenship religious education  in liberal democracy / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Routledge,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {xiv, 280 p.},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {"As liberal democracies include increasingly diverse and  multifaceted populations, the longstanding debate about the  role of the state in religious education and the place of  religion in public life seems imperative now more than  ever. The maintenance of religious schools and the planning  of religious education curricula raise a profound  challenge. Too much state supervision can be conceived as  interference in religious freedom and as a confinement of  the right to cultural liberty. Too little supervision can  be seen as neglecting the development of the liberal values  required to live and work in a democratic society and as  abandoning those who within their communities wish to  attain a more rigorous education for citizenship and  democracy. This book draws together leading  educationalists, philosophers, theologians, and social  scientists to explore issues, problems, and tensions  concerning religious education in a variety of  international settings. The contributors explore the  possibilities and limitations of religious education in  preparing citizens in multicultural and multi-religious  democratic societies"-- Provided by publisher.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/907760},
}