Beschreibung:
In light of the growing phenomenon of Islamic schools in the United States and Europe, this compelling study outlines whether these schools share similar traits with other religious schools, while posing new challenges to education policy. Merry elaborates an ideal type of islamic philosophy of education in order to examine the specific challenges that Islamic schools face, comparing the different educational realities facing Muslim Populations in the Netherlands, Belgium, and the United States.
Strong, unique contribution to existing scholarship: Merry's proposed book is one of the few book-length treatments of this important subject and is unique in its blending of both philosophical and empirical inquiry and in its treatment of Islamic schools in the U.S. and in Europe, as most scholarship tends to focus on the Middle East and Southeast Asia
Introduction The Politics of Islamic Schooling: A Comparative Look Islamic Education Between the Ideal and the Real Educating for Cultural Coherence The Well-being of Children and the Limits of Paternalism For the Sake of the Child: Religious Schools and Accountability The Future of Islamic Schools