ABSTRACT

The case of the Amish children mentioned in the last chapter illustrates the fact that religion makes demands of its adherents which are, from the point of view of education, unique in their extent and force. No other area of the curriculum is so potentially pervasive in its influence on the lives of those who have fully grasped and accepted its implications. From a political point of view, too, religion is a force which can bring governments or political systems to an end if they are in conflict with it, and, conversely, if allied to a government or political system render it both totally stable and totally dominating of the lives of its citizens.