God's Schools
Author | : Melinda Bollar Wagner |
Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1990 |
ISBN-10 | : 0813516072 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780813516073 |
Rating | : 4/5 (073 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis God's Schools by : Melinda Bollar Wagner
Download or read book God's Schools written by Melinda Bollar Wagner and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melinda Wagner goes beyond this stereotype to portray the way these schools foster American popular culture and "professional education culture" as well as "Christian culture." In her participant observation study of a variety of Christian schools (sponsored by fundamentalist, evangelical, new charismatic, Holiness, and Pentecostal Christians), Wagner describes and interprets how such compromises are made.