Corporal Punishment, Religion, and United States Public Schools

This book examines corporal punishment in United States public schools. The practice-which is still legal in nineteen states-affects approximately a quarter million children each year. Justification for the use of physical punishment is often based on religious texts. Rather than simply disregarding the importance of religious commitment, this volume presents an alternative faith-based response. The book suggests the "hermeneutical triad," of sacred text, tradition, and reason as an acceptable approach for those seeking to be faithful to religious text and tradition.

List of contents

1. Corporal Punishment in Public Schools: What are the Issues?.- 2. Data and Legal Issues.- 3. Religion, Education Pioneers, and Corporal Punishment.- 4. Corporal Punishment and the use of Sacred Texts.- 5. The Theological Tradition of Nonviolence.- 6. The Ethical Position of No Harm.

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“Jane Hall Fitz-Gibbon offers us a welcome addition to broaden and further nuance our understanding of education in American schools. … Taken together and argued with philosophical delicacy, Fitz-Gibbon delivers a damning argument for the abolition of corporal punishment in United States’ public schools.” (Wendy C. Hamblet, metapsychology online reviews, metapsychology.mentalhelp.net, Vol. 21 (32), August, 2017) 

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"Jane Hall Fitz-Gibbon offers us a welcome addition to broaden and further nuance our understanding of education in American schools. ... Taken together and argued with philosophical delicacy, Fitz-Gibbon delivers a damning argument for the abolition of corporal punishment in United States' public schools." (Wendy C. Hamblet, metapsychology online reviews, metapsychology.mentalhelp.net, Vol. 21 (32), August, 2017)

Product details

• Authors: Jane Hall Fitz-Gibbon
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.07.2017
• EAN: 9783319574479
• ISBN: 978-3-31-957447-9
• No. of pages: 141
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 218 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 300 g
• Illustrations: XI, 141 p. 1 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; C, Education, Ethics, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy & theory of education, Child development, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Educational Philosophy, Education—Philosophy, Early Childhood Education, Religion and Education, Church and education, Early childhood care & education, Schools and Schooling, Schools