God's Choice: The Total World of a Fundamentalist Christian School

God's Choice: The Total World of a Fundamentalist Christian School by Peshkin, Alan. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780226661995.

Is Bethany Baptist Academy Gods choice? Ask the fundamentalist Christians who teach there or whose children attend the academy, and their answer will be a yes as unequivocal as their claim that the Bible is Gods inerrant, absolute word. Is this truth or arrogance? In Gods Choice, Alan Peshkin offers readers the opportunity to consider this question in depth. Given the outsiders rare chance to observe such a school firsthand, Peshkin spent eighteen months studying Bethanys high school—interviewing students, parents, and educators, living in the home of Bethany Baptist Church members, and participating fully in the churchs activities. From this intimate research he has fashioned a rich account of Christian schooling and an informed analysis of a clear alternative to public education.