The nature of education is to learn to think. Thinking demands the weighing of argument, analyzing and evaluating logic, and judging conclusions. These are God given tools to wrestle with big questions of life. A tolerant, pluralistic, truly democratic school system will create respectful, open forums in the classrooms for the worldviews of…

This documentary study postures Canadian school textbooks as barometers of corporate faith and prevailing world view, tracing the shift toward secularization in 150 years of publication. A perusal of textbooks suggests that the current secularism of school curricula is not neutral and highlights the need to teach about Christianity. (SM)