Critical Perspectives of Black education: Spirituality, Religion, and Social Justice

Noelle Witherspoon Arnold, Melanie Carol Brooks

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    Abstract

    While nation engages in debates concerning central issues of religion and religious diversity in education, the historic saliency of religion and spirituality in the Black community and in the education of its children continues to be largely ignored. Historically, religion and spirituality were foundational to the development and understanding of social justice issues, including, but not limited to, issues of protest, community up-lift, notions of care, and anti-oppression. Taking into account the historical significance of religion and spirituality in the Black community, it is essential for education scholars to cultivate these long-standing connections as a means for advancing contemporary struggles for social justice, religiosity in education, and counter-hegemonic praxis. The purpose of this book is to expand our understanding of spirituality and religion as related to the p-20 schooling of Blacks students. Educational scholarship continues to explore the workings of social justice to ameliorate inequities for those who have not been well served in schools. Although the concept of social justice remains a somewhat inchoate term in educational literature, this book seeks to explore the historicity of religion and spirituality while offering a scaffold that links ordinary everyday acts of justice, religion, and spirituality in education to a culture that systematically and institutionally assaults the worth of Black students. It is important to note that this book is grounded in a broad concept of religion and spirituality and the editors seek to be inclusive of all types, styles, and traditions of religiosity and spirituality.
    Original languageEnglish
    PublisherInformation Age Publishing
    Number of pages290
    ISBN (Print)9781623967475
    Publication statusPublished - 2014

    Publication series

    NameNew Directions in Educational Leadership: Innovations in Scholarship, Teaching, and Service
    • The critical links among spirituality, religion, and black education

      Brooks, M., 2014, Critical Perspectives of Black education: Spirituality, Religion, and Social Justice . Witherspoon Arnold, N., Brooks, M. & Makoto Arnold, B. (eds.). 1st ed. Charlotte NC USA: Information Age Publishing, p. ix-xiii 5 p. (New Directions in Educational Leadership: Innovations in Scholarship, Teaching, and Service).

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