A Select Bibliography on the Identity of Church Schools and Related Issues

A select bibliography in English on

the identity of church schools and colleges and related issues

(many of these publications themselves contain extensive bibliographies)

Updated April 2013

Alford, H. and Naughton, M. (2001). Managing as if faith mattered, Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame Press.

Allder, M. (1993).‘The meaning of “school ethos”‘,Westminster Studies in Education, 16, pp. 59-69.

Alves, C. (2001). Free to Choose: The voluntary priciple at work in education, London, National Society.

Altena, P., Hermans, C. A. M. and Van der Ven, J. A. (2000). ‘Towards a narrative theory of religious education: a study of teachers’ aims in Catholic primary schools’, International Journal of Education and Religion, I, 2, pp. 217-247.

Anderson, D. S. (1988). ‘Values, religion, social class and the choice of private school in Australia’, International Journal of Educational Research, 12, pp. 351-373.

Anthony, Francis-Vincent (2003) ‘Religion and culture in religiously affiliated schools: The role of teachers in nurturing inculturation’, International Journal of Education and Religion, VI, 1, pp. 17-40.

Ap Sion, T., Francis, L. J. and Baker, S. (2007) ‘Experiencing education in the new Christian schools in the UnitedKingdom: Listening to the male graduates’,Journal of Beliefs and Values, 28, 1, pp. 1-15.

Ap Sion, T.,Francis, L. J.and Baker, S. (2009).‘The theological case for Christian schools in England and Wales: Aqualitative perspective listening to female alumnae’,in L.J. Francis, M. Robbins and J. Astley (eds.) EmpiricalTheology in Texts and Tables: Qualitative, quantitative and comparitive perspectives,Leiden: Brill, pp. 217-245.

Archbishops’ Council (2001). The Way Ahead: Church of England schools in the new millennium (The Dearing Report), London, Church House Publishing.

Arthur, J. (1994a). ‘Parental participation in Catholic schooling: a case of increasing conflict’, British Journal of Educational Studies, 42, 2, pp. 174-190.

Arthur, J. (1994b). ‘Trusteeship and the governance of Roman Catholic voluntary aided schools’, Law and Justice, 120/121, pp. 3-11.

Arthur, J. (1995). The Ebbing Tide: policy and principles of Catholic education, Leominster, Gracewing Fowler Wright.

Arthur, J. and Bailey, R. (2000). Schools and Community, London, Falmer.

Arthur, J. and Gaine, S. (1996). ‘“Catechesis” and “religious education” in Catholic theory and practice’, in Francis, L. J., Kay, W. K. and Campbell, W. S. (eds), Research in Religious Education, Leominster, Gracewing, pp. 335-337.

Aspin, D. N. (1983). ‘Church schools, religious education and the multi-ethnic community’, Journal of Philosophy of Education, 17, 2, pp. 229-240.

Association of Catholic Chaplains in Education, The Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (1996). Chaplaincy: The change and the challenge, Chelmsford, Matthew James Publishing.

Astley, J. (2000). ‘Plurality, dialogue and religious education’, International Journal of Education and Religion, 1, 1, pp. 198-216.

Astley, J. et al. (2001).‘What is the church’s mission to the nation and what part do church schools play?’, Journal of the Association of Anglican Secondary School Heads, 8, pp. 4-9.

Astley, J. (2002a). ‘Evangelism in Education: Impossibility, Travesty or Necessity?’, International Journal of Education and Religion, 3, 2, pp. 179-194

Astley, J. (2002b). ‘Church, schools and the theology of Christian education’, Journal of the Association of Anglican Secondary School Heads, 10, pp. 6-15.

Astley, J. (2004). ‘Religious schooling and the challenge of the poor’, Journal of Empirical Theology, 18, 1, pp. 41-47.

Astley, J. (2004). ‘Christian ethics in the classroom, curriculum and corridor’, Studies inChristian Ethics, 17, 1, pp. 54-68.

Astley, J. (2013). ‘Church schools and the church’s service for the poor’, in Worsley, H. J. (ed.), Anglican Church School Education: Moving Beyond the First Two Hundred Years, London and New York, Bloomsbury, pp. 101-118.

Astley, J. and Francis, L. J. (eds) (1994). Critical Perspectives on Christian Education: a reader on the aims, principles and philosophy of Christian education, Leominster, Gracewing Fowler Wright, sections 1, 2, 4, 6.

Astley, J., Francis, L. J., Sullivan, J. and Walker, A. (eds) (2004). The Idea of a Christian University: Essays in theology and higher education, Milton Keynes, Paternoster.

Astley, J. and Francis, L. J. (eds) (1996). Christian Theology and Religious Education: connections and contradictions, London, SPCK, especially chapter 4.

Astley, J. et al. (2000). ‘How different is religious education in Catholic schools? A study of teacher aims in England’, International Journal of Education and Religion, I, 2, pp. 267-281.

Atherton, M. and Grace, G. (1999). Doctoral and Masters’ theses and dissertations on Catholic education in the UK and Ireland, London: Institute of Education/CRDCE.

Attfield, D. G. (1975). Religious Education in Church Schools: some philosophical considerations, Farnham, Association for Religious Education.

Attfield, D. G. (1991). ‘The challenge of the Education Reform Act to church schools’, British Journal of Religious Education, 13, 3, pp. 136-142.

Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference (1992). Commonwealth for the Common Good, North Blackburn, Collins Dove.

Badger, J. (2000). ‘The transmission of values in a church school: consensus and contradiction’, unpublished D.Phil. thesis, University of Oxford.

Badley, K. (1998).‘Identifying Christian schools: How do you tell when you’ve found one?’,Journal of Education and Christian Belief, 2, 1, pp. 39-51.

Baker, D. and Riordan, C. (1998). ‘The “eliting” of the common American Catholic school’, Phi Delta Kappan, September.

Barnett, J. (1984).‘Religious education and theology in the Anglican independent school’, in Barnett, J. (ed.), Theology at 16+, London, Epworth Press, pp. 74-90.

Barnes, L. P. (ed.) (2012). Debates in Religious Education, Abingdon and New York, Routledge, especially ch. 7.

Barton, D., Brown, A. S. and Brown, E. (1996). Open the Door, London, National Society and Oxford Diocesan Board of Education.

Beales, A. C. F. (1950). ‘The struggle for the schools’, in Beck, G. A. (ed.), The English Catholics, 1850-1950, London, Burns Oates.

Blake, N. (1983). ‘Church schools, religious education and the multi-ethnic community: a reply to David Aspin’, Journal of Philosophy of Education, 17, pp. 241-250.

Bournon, J. (1979). ‘Church-school partnership’, Spectrum, 12, 1, p. 35.

Board of Education (1979). The Camberwell Papers, London, CIO.

Brennan, J. (1995). The Christian Management of CatholicSchools, Northampton, The Becket Press.

Brennan, N. (ed.) (1991). The CatholicSchool in Contemporary Society, Dublin, Conference of Major Religious Superiors.

Bridges, D. and McLaughlin, T. (eds) (1994). Education and the Market Place, London, Falmer.

Brisco, H. (1969). ‘A study of some aspects of the special contribution of Church of England aided primary schools to children’s development’, unpublished M.Ed. dissertation, University of Liverpool.

Bristow, Stephen L. (1986). ‘The impact of falling rolls on English church schools. Part I: The national picture’, British Journal of Religious Education, 8, 3, pp. 161-167.

British Humanist Association (2001). Religious Schools: The case against, London, BHA.

Broadbent, L. and Brown, A. (eds) (2002). Issues in Religious Education, London, Routledge-Falmer, especially chs 3, 7.

Brooksbank, K. and Nice, D. (various editions). County and VoluntarySchools, Longman, Harlow.

Brothers, J. (1964). Church and School, Liverpool, LiverpoolUniversity Press.

Brown, A. (1992). Religious Education, London, National Society, chapter 7.

Brown, A. (1994). The MultifaithChurchSchool, London, National Society.

Brown, A. (1996) Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A report on worship, London, The National Society.

Brown, A. (1996). Spiritual Development in Schools, London, The National Society.

Brown, A. (2003). ‘Church of England schools: Politics, power and identity’,British Journal of Religious Education, 52, 2, pp 103-115.

Brown, A. and Brown, E. (1996) Religious Education in the Primary School, London, The National Society.

Brown, A. S. (1988). ‘Church, school and ecumenism’, in McClelland, V. A. (ed.), Christian Education in a Pluralist Society, London, Routledge, pp. 33-49.

Brown, A., Lankshear, D. W. and Seaman, A. (2000). Inspection Handbook: For section twenty-three inspections in schools of the Church of England and the Church in Wales, London, National Society.

Brown, C. K. F. (1942). The Church’s Part in Education 1833-1941, with Special Reference to the Work of the National Society, London, National Society.

Brown, P. (1990). ‘The “third wave”: education and the ideology of parentocracy’, British Journal of Sociology of Education, 11, pp. 65-85.

Bryk, A. (1988). ‘Musings on the moral life of schools’, American Journal of Education, 96, 2, pp.256-290.

Bryk, A. S., Lee, V. E. and Holland, P. B. (1993). Catholic Schools and the Common Good, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press.

Bunting, M. (2008).‘Faith schools can best generate the common purpose thatpupils need’,The Guardian, 8th September, 2008.

Burns, J. et al. (2001). Faith in Education: a response to the Dearing Report on church schools in the third millennium, London, Civitas.

Burtonwood, N. (1996). ‘Beyond culture: A reply to Mark Halstead’, Journal of Philosophy of Education, 30, 2, pp. 295-299.

Burtonwood, N. (2006). Cultural Diversity, Liberal Pluralism and Schools, London, RoutledgeFalmer.

Byrne, E. (1987). ‘Renewing Christianity in a fractured society: a defence of church schools’, Journal of Christian Education, Papers 89, pp. 7-22.

Cairney, T., Cowling, B. and Jensen, M. (2011). New Perspectives on Anglican Education: reconsidering purpose and plotting a future direction, Sydney, NSW, Anglican Education Commission.

Callery, K. (1998). ‘Pastoral care and leadership in Catholic education’, in Duignan, P. and d’Arbon, T. (eds), Leadership in Catholic Education: 2000 and beyond. Strathfield, NSW, AustralianCatholicUniversity.

Carey, G.; Hope, D. and Hall, J. (1998). A Christian Voice in Education: Distinctiveness in church schools, London, National Society.

Carlisle Commission (1971). Partners in Education: The role of the diocese, London, National Society and SPCK.

Carr, D. (2001a). ‘Moral and personal identity’, International Journal of Education and Religion, II, 1, pp. 78-97.

Carr, D. (2001b). ‘A re-examination of the relationship between moral and religious education in non-secular schooling’, International Journal of Education and Religion, II, 2, pp. 165-181.

Casey, K. (1993). I Answer With My Life:Life histories of women teachers working for social change, New York, Routledge.

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (1987). Signposts and Homecomings:The educative task of the Catholic community, London, St Paul Publications.

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (1996a). The Common Good and the Catholic Church’s Social Teaching, London, Catholic Bishops’ Conference.

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (1996b). Religious Education: Curriculum directory of Catholic schools, London, Catholic Education Service.

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (1997a). CatholicSchools and Other Faiths, London, Catholic Bishops’ Conference.

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (1997b). A Struggle for Excellence: Catholic secondary schools in urban priority areas, London, Catholic Education Service.

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (1998). Valuing Difference, Chelmsford, Matthew James Publishing.

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (1999). Foundations for Excellence: Catholic primary schools in urban poverty areas, London, Catholic Education Service.

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (2000). Religious Education in CatholicSchools, London, Catholic Media Office.

Catholic Education Service (1989). The Education Reform Act and CatholicSchools, London, Catholic Education Service.

Catholic Education Service (1994a). Evaluating the Distinctive Nature of the CatholicSchool, London, Catholic Education Service.

Catholic Education Service (1994b). The Inspection of CatholicSchools, London, Catholic Education Service.

Catholic Education Service (1995a). Spiritual and Moral Development Across the Curriculum, London, Catholic Education Service.

Catholic Education Service (1995b). Quality of Education in CatholicSecondary Schools, London, Catholic Education Service.

Catholic Education Service (1996). Learning from OFSTED and Diocesan Inspections: The distinctive nature of education in Catholic primary and secondary schools, London, Catholic Education Service.

Catholic Education Service (1997a). The Common Good in Education, London, Catholic Education Service.

Catholic Education Service (1997b). Partners in Mission: A collection of talks, Catholic Education Service.

Catholic Education Service (1998). Education for Love, London, Catholic Education Service.

Catholic Education Service (1999). Evaluating the distinctive nature of the Catholic school (4th edition), London, Catholic Education Service.

Chadwick, P. (1994). Schools of Reconciliation: Issues in joint Roman Catholic-Anglican education, London, Cassell.

Chadwick, P. (1997). Shifting Alliances: Church and state in English education, London, Cassell.

Chadwick, P.(2001).‘The Anglican perspective on church schools’,Oxford Review of Education, 27, 4,pp. 475-487.

Chadwick, P. and Gladwell, M. (1987). Joint Schools, Norwich, Canterbury Press.

Chater, M. (1997). ‘Different approaches to religious education’ and ‘Critical analysis of different approaches to religious education’, in Kay, W. K. and Francis, L. J. (eds), Religion in Education, Volume 1, Leominster, Gracewing, pp. 257-288, 295-316.

Chesters, A. (2001). Distinctive or Divisive? The role of church schools, Hertford, Hockerill Educational Foundation.

Chesterton, P. and Johnston, K. (1997). ‘The challenge of the poor’, in Keane, R. and Riley, D. (eds), Quality Catholic Schools, Brisbane, Archdiocese of Brisbane.

Christie, P. (1990), Open Schools: Racially mixed Catholic schools in South Africa 1976-1986. Johannesburg, Ravan Press.

Church Schools Review Group(2001). The Way Ahead: Church of England schools in the new millennium(The Dearing Report), London, Church House Publishing.

Coleman, J. S. and Hoffer, T. (1987). Public and Private High Schools: The impact of communities, New York, Basic Books.

Cooling, T. (2010). Called to Teach: Teaching as a mission vocation, Cambridge, Grove Books.

Committee for Community Relations of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (1997). A Struggle for Excellence: Catholic secondary schools in urban priority areas, London, Catholic Education Service.

Conference of Major Religious Superiors (1988). Inequality in Schooling in Ireland, Dublin, CMRS.

Conference of Major Religious Superiors (1991). The CatholicSchool in Contemporary Society, Dublin, CMRS.

Conference of Major Religious Superiors (1992). Education and Poverty, Dublin, CMRS.

Conference of Religious of Ireland (1994). Women for Leadership in Education, Dublin, CRI.

Congregation for Catholic Education (1998). The CatholicSchool on the Threshold of the Third Millennium, Vatican City, Libreria Editrice, Vaticana.

Congregation for the Clergy (1997). General Directory for Catechesis, London, Catholic Truth Society.

Conroy, J. C. (ed.) (1999). Catholic Education: Inside-out and outside-in, Dublin, Veritas.

Convey, J. (1992). Catholic Schools Make a Difference: Twenty five years of research, Washington, DC, National Catholic Educational Association.

Cook, T. (2001). ‘Recruitment, preparation and retention of Catholic high school religion teachers’, Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 4 (4), pp. 530-564.

Cooke, A. (1990). ‘Genesis of a church school’, Journal of Christian Education, Papers 99, pp. 13-17.

Cooling, T. (2010). Doing God in Education, London, THEOS.

Cooling, T. (2007).‘The challenge of passionate religious commitment for school education in a world of religiousdiversity: Reflections on evangelical Christianity and humanism’,Journal of Education and Christian Belief, 11, 1,pp. 23-34.

Copley, T. (1997). Teaching Religion: Religious education in England and Wales 1944-1994, Exeter, University of Exeter Press.

Copley, T. (2005). Indoctrination, Education and God – The Struggle for the Mind, London, SPCK.

Crittenden, B. (1993). ‘Moral and religious education: Hirst’s perception of their scope and relationship’, in Barrow, R. and White, P. (eds), Beyond Liberal Education: Essays in honour of Paul H. Hirst, London and New York, Routledge, pp. 129–149.

Cruickshank, M. (1963). Church and State in English Education: 1870 to the present day, London, Macmillan.

Curran, M. and Francis, L. J. (1996).‘Measuring “Catholic identity” among pupils in Catholic secondary schools’, In L. J.Francis, W. R. Kay, and W. S. Campbell (eds) Research into Religious Education. Leominster: Gracewing, pp. 383-391.

Davie, G. (1994). Religion in Britain since 1945: Believing without belonging, Oxford, Blackwell.

Davies, G. and Francis, L. J. (2007),‘Three approaches to Religious Education at Key Stages One and Two in Wales: Howdifferent are church schools?’,Journal of Beliefs and Values, 28, 2, pp. 163-182.

DCSF (2007).Faith in the system: The role of schools with a religious character in English education and society,London:DCSF Publications.

De Ruyter, D. and Miedema, S. (1996). ‘Schools, identity and the conception of the good: The denominational tradition as an example’, Studies in Philosophy and Education, 15, 1, pp. 27-33.

De Wolff, A. J. C., De Ruyter, D. J. and Miedema, S. (2003).‘Being a Christian school in the Netherlands: An analysis of “identity” conceptions and their practical implications’,Journal of Beliefs and Values, 24, 2, pp. 207-217.

Deakin, R. (1989). New Christian Schools: The case for public funding, Bristol, Regius.

Dennis, N. (2001). The Uncertain Trumpet: A history of Church of England school education to AD 2001, London, Civitas.

Dewar, I. (2002). Church Schools and Spirituality, Cambridge, Grove Books.

Dijkstra, A-B. and Veenstra, R. (2001). ‘Do religious schools matter? Beliefs and life-styles of students in faith-based secondary schools’, International Journal of Education and Religion, II, 2, pp. 182-206.

Dobzanski, J. (2001). ‘The Catholic school: A catalyst for social transformation’, Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 4 (3), pp. 319-334.

Donnelly, C. (1999). ‘School ethos and governor relationships’, School Leadership and Management, 19 (2), pp. 223 – 239.

Donnelly, C. (2000). ‘In Pursuit of School Ethos’, British Journal of Educational Studies, 48, 2, pp. 134-154.

Donnelly, C. (2008).‘The integrated school in a conflict society: A comparative analysis of two integrated primary schools in Northern Ireland’,Cambridge Journal of Education, 38, 2, pp. 187-198.

Drudy, S. and Lynch, K. (1993). Schools and Society in Ireland, Dublin, Gill and MacMillan.

Duignan, P. and d’Arbon, T. (eds) (1998). Leadership in Catholic Education, Strathfield, NSW, AustralianCatholicUniversity.

Dummet, A. and McNeal, J. (1983). Race and Church Schools, London, Runnymede Trust.

Duncan, G. (1986). ‘Church schools: present and future’, in Leonard, G. and Yates, J. (eds), Faith for the Future, London, National Society and Church House Publishing, pp. 67-78.

Duncan, G. (1988). ‘Church schools in service to the community’, in O’Keeffe, B. (ed.), Schools for Tomorrow, London, Falmer, pp. 145-161.

Duncan, G. (1990). The ChurchSchool, London, National Society.

Durham Commission on Religious Education in Schools (1970). The Fourth ‘R’ (The Durham Report), London, National Society/SPCK.

Dwyer, J. (1998) Religious Schools Versus Children’s Rights, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.

Eade, R. (1996). ‘The Christian ministry of church school headship’, Spectrum, 28, 1, pp. 55-67.

Eagleton, T. (1967). ‘Catholic education and commitment’, Catholic Education Today, 1, 1, pp. 8-10.

Eaton, M. et al. (eds) (2000). Commitment to Diversity, London, Cassell, chs 2, 3, 8, 11.

Egan, J. (1988). Opting Out: Catholic schools today, Leominster, Gracewing.

Elias, J. (2002). A History of Christian Education, Malabar, Florida, Krieger Publishing.

Ellis, A. (1988). ‘The Anglican school chaplain’, Journal of Christian Education, Papers 92, pp. 21-30.

Elbourne, T. (2009). Church Schools: A mission-shaped vision, Cambridge, Grove Books.

EmmanuelSchools Foundation (2007).Mission statement and our Core Values: Personal study file 2006-2007, Gateshead: Emmanuel City Technology College.

Estep. J. R., Jr., Anthony, M. J. and Allison, G. R. (2008). A Theology for Christian Education, Nashville, TN, B & H Publishing Group.

Fahy, P. (1992). Faith in Catholic Classrooms, Homebush, NSW, St Paul Publications.

Feheney, M. (ed.) (1998). From Ideal to Action, Dublin, Veritas.

Feheney, M. (ed.) (1999). Beyond the Race for Points, Dublin, Veritas.

Feinberg, W. (2006). For Goodness Sake – Religious schools and Education for Democratic Citizenry, London,Routledge.

Felderhof, M., Thompson, P. and Torevell, D. (eds) (2007), Inspiring Faith in Schools: studies in religious education, Aldershot, Ashgate.

Flynn, M. (1975). Some Catholic Schools in Action, Sydney, Catholic Education Office.

Flynn, M. (1979). CatholicSchools and the Communication of Faith, Sydney, Society of St Paul.

Flynn, M. (1985). The Effectiveness of CatholicSchools, Homebush, NSW, St Paul Publications.

Flynn, M. (1993). The Culture of CatholicSchools, Homebush, NSW, St Paul Publications.

Flynn, M. and Mok, M. (2000).‘Catholic schools 2000: A longitudinal study of Year 12 students in Catholic schools 1972–1982–1990–1998’,Sydney: Catholic Education Commission, NSW.

Forster, G. (1997). Education: Vision, Ethos and ‘Values’, Cambridge, Grove Books.

Francis, L. J. (1980). ‘Aids to Thought: Church schools and pupil attitudes - a research perspective’, Digest, 7, pp. 11-13.

Francis, L. J. (1983a). ‘Anglican voluntary primary schools and child church attendance’, Research in Education, 30, pp. 1-9.

Francis, L. J. (1983b). ‘The logic of education, theology and the church school’, Oxford Review of Education, 9, pp. 147-162.

Francis, L. J. (1985). Rural Anglicanism: A future for young Christians?, London, Collins Liturgical Publications.

Francis, L. J. (1986a). Partnership in Rural Education: Church schools and teacher attitudes, London, Collins Liturgical Publications.

Francis, L. J. (1986b). ‘Denominational schools and pupil attitude towards Christianity’, British Educational Research Journal, 12, pp. 145-152.

Francis, L. J. (1987). Religion in the Primary School: Partnership between church and state?London, Collins Liturgical Publications.

Francis, L. J. (1990). ‘Theology of education’, British Journal of Educational Studies, 38, pp. 349-364.