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Common Faith is a philosophical exploration of the political and social implications of introducing a programme of spiritual education into schools in a modern pluralist democracy. It offers a detailed critique of a range of political perspectives including liberalism, pluralism, communitarianism, secularism and conservatism. It is often argued that both governments and schools should take an active interest in the spiritual and moral development of young people. This book is an attempt to show that philosophical analysis has an important part to play in the process of educational policy...

Published in 1998, this book provides a much needed philosophical analysis of the political and educational issues that are raised when spiritual development is regarded as a central educational aim. The author examines the meaning of spirituality in the educational context and provides a suitable educational characterization following a detailed critique of certain ideas put forward by John Dewey, Alistair MacIntyre and Charles Taylor. In the second part of the book the author examines various attempts to derive policies concerning the personal education of pupils from cultural and political...