White Christian Nationalism is “an ideology that seeks to idealize
and advocate a fusion of American Civic life with a… White Christian
ethnoculture” rooted in traditionalism, anti-immigration, and their
judicial codification (Gorski & Perry, 2021). Though the Establishment
Clause clearly delineates a boundary between religion and state.
Despite the clarity of this division in the Establishment Clause, this
bedrock of our democracy has faced nearconstant pressure from
Christian right. Recently, this pressure has taken the form of
strategic efforts to stack the Supreme Court of conserative judges and
control local school boards by waging fear and misinformation
campaigns. Political division, a lack of healthy discourse about
religious diversity, and misunderstandings about the Establishment
Clause have left many educators unsure about their role in valuing
religious diversity in their schools and classrooms, and their
responsibilities to maintain religious freedom for all students. This
book leverages the power of story to animate the dangerous legal and
cultural assault on the separation of church and state in U.S. public
schools. All of the chapter authors attend to these themes from
distinct vantage points across education theory and research, K-12
education, and teacher education, addressing issues such as religious
freedom, education law, teacher and student identity, and teaching for
inclusive, critical citizenship in a contentious U.S. political
context. Additionally, authors offer practical resources for
responding to enemies of religious freedom, White Christian
nationalism, and xenophobia as it is manifested in policy and practice
within K-12 and higher education.
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Stories from K-12 and Teacher Education Classrooms
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9798887303376
Publisert
2026
Utgiver
Emerald Publishing Ltd.
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter