Faith, Diversity, and Education - An Ethnography of a Conservative Christian School

Based on data collected as part of a year-long, phenomenological case-study of a K-12 conservative, Christian school in the South, this volume analyzes the way that diversity is thought about and acted on in school, and how these decisions affect students across racial differences.

List of contents

Chapter One: Why Care about Christian Schools?

Chapter Two: Grace Academy: Unapologetically Christian

Chapter Three: Prioritizing Fit: Grace Academy’s Recruitment and Retention Practices

Chapter Four: Cultivating a Climate of Diversity and Unity

Chapter Five: A Hidden Curriculum of Diversity

Chapter Six: Lessons from Grace Academy

Appendix: Methods

About the author

Allison H. Blosser is Assistant Professor of Education at High Point University, USA.

Summary

Based on data collected as part of a year-long, phenomenological case-study of a K-12 conservative, Christian school in the South, this volume analyzes the way that diversity is thought about and acted on in school, and how these decisions affect students across racial differences.

Product details

• Authors: Allison Blosser, Allison H. Blosser
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781032092089
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3209208-9
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Routledge Research in Religion and Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, RELIGION / Education, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Christianity, Moral and social purpose of education, Faith (religious) schools, Moral & social purpose of education