Seven Letters on the Non-Religious Common School System of Canada and the United States (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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The Chief Superintendent of Schools, in the Appendix to his recent Report for 1851, headed Question of Religious Instruction in connection with our system of Public Instruo tion, endeavours, in what I consider a most fallacious manner, to defend the present Common School System, in opposition to those numerous, highly respectable, and ear nest-minded Christians of this Province who desire not only intellectual but religious schools. And further, believing the plan, so generally adopted on this Continent, of instructing the masses of the people in secular knowledge, altogether apart from religious training, to be alike dishonourable to God, subversive of national morality, and awfully dangerous to individual happiness, both present and future, I beg to sub mit a few thoughts upon the subject through the columns of your paper.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book, in print since 1853, presents a collection of letters written by a Presbyterian minister who passionately argues against the implementation of non-religious, or secular, Common School Systems in Canada and the United States. The author's prose is almost entirely given over to a passionate defense of religious schools and an attack on those advocating for the separation of education and religious teaching. Citing passages from the Bible, the author draws a distinction between intellectual and what he calls 'holy' knowledge. The author sees an inseparable bond between religious values and proper education, arguing that religious directives were, historically, the original basis for the development of educational institutions. The author further posits that the displacement of religious values from education, in favor of purely secular values, has had a negative effect on society and will continue to do so unless religious education is restored to prominence. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9780243304646_0
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