Using critical curriculum theory as its lens, this book explores the relationship between religion-specifically, Christianity and the Judeo-Christian ethos underlying it-and secular public education in the United States. Despite various 20th-century court decisions separating religion and education, the authors challenge that this is in reality the case. They argue instead that religion is in fact very much embedded in current public educational practices and discourses.

Kevin J. Burke is Assistant Professor of English Education, University of Georgia, USA.

Avner Segall is Professor of Teacher Education, Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University, USA.

Introduction

1. Christianity and American Education: Historical Connections

2. Religious Sediments in Educational Discourses and Practices

3. The Bible: A Blueprint for Contemporary Educational Practices

4. The Inherent Religiosity of the Standards Movement

5. To Teach as Jesus (Would)

6. Pedagod: God as Teacher Co-Authored w/Scott Jarvie

7. Teaching as Revelation

Conclusion