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Publication Date: 2011
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Common Ground with "A Common Faith": Dewey's Idea of the "Religious"
Baurain, Bradley
Education and Culture, v27 n2 Article 6 2011
In "A Common Faith", Dewey rejects organized religion and belief in the supernatural, instead arguing for an authentically "religious" attitude which this interpretive essay analyzes in terms of four propositions: (1) Knowledge is unified. (2) Knowledge is democratic. (3) The pursuit of moral ideals requires moral faith. (4) The authority for moral ideals is experience as explored via inquiry. The author responds from the perspective of his own religious faith and outlines conceptual relationships with modern spirituality in education writers. The common ground is that the "religious" must be seen as a significant way of being and becoming in education.
Descriptors: Recognition (Achievement), Reputation, Beliefs, Educational Attitudes, Teacher Role, Religious Factors, Moral Values, World Views
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