Religiosity, Cultural Capital, and Parochial Schooling. Psychological Empirical Research (PB) 12+

📕 A volume in Research on Religion and EducationSeries Editors Stephen J. Denig, Niagara Universityand Lyndon G. Furst, Andrews UniversityThis book examines whether or not and how personal religion associates with school culturalcapital. Specifically, on one level, the book offers insights and empirical data on who is choosing, teaching,and working in parochial schools and what motivates them to do so in the schools, issues that still remainlargely unexplored in the educational research literature. In particular, it centers on the significance ofpersonal religion and commitment as a reason for choosing and serving in parochial schools. On anotherlevel, the book is an attempt to enhance our understanding of the leadership orientation, school satisfaction,teacher assertiveness and empowerment, educational aspiration, and parental involvement in parochialschools, attributes reportedly essential for successful schools. Most importantly, at the heart of the book is an endeavor to estimate the influence ofpersonal religion on the development of these cultural capital attributes and to address its implications for parochial schools as well as the currentdiscussion on public schooling versus parochial schooling in the United States. To achieve these goals, the author will rely on first-hand empirical datacollected for this book or other related research projects and adopt various scientific methods for data analysis and interpretation.The book shows that personal religion matters, but ...