Keeping Them Out of the Hands of Satan: Evangelical Schooling in America / Edition 1

by Susan Rose

Overview

First published in 1988, this work was the product of extensive fieldwork in two evangelical communities. This in-depth ethnographic study focuses on the meaning systems, organizational structures and the daily lives of the people Susan D. Rose encountered.

The study is centred around Christian schooling as a method of socialisation. Tracing the rise of evangelicalism and the development of the Christian School Movement in the latter half of the twentieth century, it examines the kinds of educational alternatives evangelicals have structured for their children. Moving beyond the issue of schooling itself, it analyses the interactions among schooling, ideology, economic structures and the nature of work in contemporary American society, and explores how people relate to one another within the church-family-school network.

It addresses the provocative question of why evangelicalism, a self-proclaimed conservative, reactionary movement, held so much appeal for so many Americans at the time of publication. This work will be of particular interest to those studying education and religion and education in the U. S. A.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415785372
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/28/2017
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Education , #62
Pages:	286
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Series Editor’s Introduction; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. A Search for Coherence 2. Morals and Quarrels: Christian Schools and Social Change 3. To Live in Fellowship: Covenant Community 4. School Life: Covenant School 5. To Live in Fellowship: Lakehaven Community 6. School Life: The Academy 7. Spheres of Influence 8. Rhetoric and Reality: Two Views of the World 9. Teaching Discipline: Socializing Disciples 10. Re-creation or Re-production? A Critique of Christian Schools; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Editorial Reviews

In an instructive, in-depth look at two evangelical Christian fellowships and schools in upstate New York, Rose examines why alternatives to the public school system are attractive to those who believe that `urban elites' are altering the American landscape of traditional values,'' reported PW . (May)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Rose (sociology, Dickinson College) considers Christian schooling as a method of socialization, traces the rise of evangelicalism and the development of the Christian School Movement in the latter half of the 20th century, and examines the educational alternatives evangelicals have structured for their children. Acidic paper. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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