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The overarching theme of this thesis concerns the possibility of balancing the values of unity and pluralism in education in developed nation states characterized by an increasing pluralism when it comes to the beliefs and values of its citizens. The author suggests that democracy has a normative basis in the principle of reciprocity which can be supported in an overlapping consensus by reasonable persons who differ in their moral, religious and philosophical beliefs. It is argued that this basis mandates a deliberative kind of democracy and that certain implications follow for how to understand the relation between democracy and individual rights, between democracy and religious belief and speech, and between rationality and deliberation, among other things. The author proceeds to discuss three educational issues in relation to the principle of reciprocity and its implications: 1. The legitimacy and content of a mandatory citizenship education, 2. Children’s rights to develop personal autonomy, 3. The opportunity for parents and children to choose which school children attend. These issues are important in relation to the question of how to balance unity and pluralism in education in that they concern the promotion of certain common beliefs, values and dispositions among citizens or the creation of a system of choice between schools with different profiles. The purpose of the discussion is to construct a theoretical position which balances the values of unity and pluralism in education, by giving diversity its due (contra communitarianism) while upholding a measure of unity (contra libertarianism and radical multiculturalism) which is located in the democratic and autonomy- promoting purposes of education rather than (exclusively) in its economic/vocational purposes (contra neo-liberalism). The discussions make use of political philosophy, educational philosophy and empirical research carried out by other researchers.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO, 2007. / Abstract. Includes annotated bibliographical references (leaves 205-211).

Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of Geography, 2008. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-85).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2004. / Supervisors: Lily Litvak and Virginia Higginbotham. Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Also available from UMI.

Habilitation - Universität, Tübingen, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-494).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 299-315).

Thesis (MPhil (General Linguistics))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:20:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sergio Francisco.pdf: 2035690 bytes, checksum: 8acba4eccdacc242a07fd9ce465144b6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-05-07 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This work analyses a fragmentation which is occurring in neopentecostalism, trying to investigate the relationship between the reasons of such fragmentation and the specific ways by wich Pentecostal groups establish themselves in modernity, above all in their concepts of power and in the forms of their structure. This inquiry was done in dialogue with the theory of secularization and of modern power, and is empirically founded on qualitative research, done in interviews with leaders of neopentecostal churches in the city of Sorocaba. Developing this kind of analysis, it is demonstrated how these religious expressions represent an adaptation to the environment of Brazilian modernity and modern culture, especially by the assimilation of popular beliefs and practices, and through the culture of marketing. And it is in this connection between the form of exercise of Power and modern cultural, political and economic contexts, that one finds the explanation of this accentuated neopentecostal fragmentation.(AU) / Este trabalho analisa a fragmentação que vem ocorrendo no neopentecostalismo, procurando investigar as relações entre as causas dessa fragmentação e a forma específica como os grupos neopentecostais se colocam na Modernidade, sobretudo em seus conceitos de poder e nas formas de sua estruturação. Essa investigação é feita em diálogo com as teorias da secularização, da modernidade e do poder moderno e é fundamentada empiricamente em pesquisa de campo qualitativa realizada através de entrevistas com líderes de igrejas neopentecostais na cidade de Sorocaba. Ao desenvolver essa análise, demonstramos como essas expressões religiosas representam uma adaptação ao ambiente da modernidade brasileira e à cultura moderna, especialmente pela assimilação de crenças e práticas populares e da adoção da lógica e da cultura de mercado. É nessa vinculação entre as formas de exercício do poder e o contexto cultural, político e econômico modernos que explica-se a acentuada fragmentação neopentecostal.(AU)