Dilemmas surrounding the role for religious beliefs and experiences permeate the school lives of teachers and teacher educators. Inspired by the need for teachers and students to more fully understand such dilemmas, this book examines the relationship between religion and teaching/learning in a democratic society. Written for pre-service and in-service teachers, it will engage readers in thinking about how their own religious backgrounds affect their teaching; how students' religious backgrounds influence their learning; how common experiences of school and classroom life privilege some religions at the expense of others; and how students can better understand diverse religious beliefs and interact with people from other backgrounds. The focus is specifically on classroom issues related to religious understandings and experiences of teachers and students, and the implications of those for developing democratic citizens. Grounded in both research and personal experience, each chapter provides thought-provoking evidence related to the role of religion in schools and society and asks readers to consider the consequences of varied ways of responding to the dilemmas posed.

Dilemmas surrounding the role for religious beliefs and experiences permeate the school lives of teachers and teacher educators. Inspired by the need for teachers and students to more fully understand such dilemmas, this book examines the relationship between religion and teaching/learning in a democratic society. Written for pre-service and in-service teachers, it will engage readers in thinking about how their own religious backgrounds affect their teaching; how students' religious backgrounds influence their learning; how common experiences of school and classroom life privilege some religions at the expense of others; and how students can better understand diverse religious beliefs and interact with people from other backgrounds. The focus is specifically on classroom issues related to religious understandings and experiences of teachers and students, and the implications of those for developing democratic citizens. Grounded in both research and personal experience, each chapter provides thought-provoking evidence related to the role of religion in schools and society and asks readers to consider the consequences of varied ways of responding to the dilemmas posed.

Lady Aimee Daventry has been haunted for years by her mother's murder. Armed with a resolve to discover the truth, she sets out to unearth her lost memories of that long ago evening, only to find that someone out there doesn't want her getting too close. And when her search puts her very life at risk, in steps the scarred and enigmatic Viscount Stonehurst. Wounded on the battlefields of war, Stonehurst has long kept everyone around him at a distance, but he cannot help but feel compelled to offer his protection to the young woman who once befriended him in spite of his brusqueness and disfigurement. Surely, he can ignore whatever inconvenient feelings of attraction that she seems capable of arousing in him in order to keep her safe?Aimee, however, has other ideas. While seeking refuge behind the walls of his cliffside estate, she sets out to heal his wounds, even as she tempts him to give in to the desire that grows stronger between them every day. She is determined that she will somehow make this stubbornly infuriating man see that it is not only his protection she needs, but his fierce and passionate love as well.