In recent years a number of popular books have savaged religion arguing it is a dangerous delusion that poisons human societies and relationships. This is but the most recent manifestation of a secularising agenda that has been sweeping contemporary democratic societies since the Enlightenment. This book pushes back against that agenda, examining its key assumptions and arguing that the exclusion of religious people and ideas from education and the public square is both undemocratic and unwise.

James Arthur is Professor of Education and Civic Engagement at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Liam Gearon is a Professor of Education at the University of Plymouth, UK.

Alan Sears is Professor of Education at the University of New Brunswick, Canada.

Introduction An Argument for Enchantment Section I: Educational, Political and Theological Theory 1. Christianity, Citizenship and Identity 2. Republican Theory, Citizenship and Religion Section II: Challenges of Historical and Philosophical Interpretation 3. Christianity, Citizenship and Education: From Antiquity to Enlightenment and its Aftermath 4. Religion, Education and Extremism: From Totalitarian Democracy to Liberal Autocracy Section III: Pragmatic and Pedagogical Approaches 5. Religious Faith, Citizenship Education and the Public Square 6. Citizenship Education as Transformation: The Possibilities of
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