Faith, Knowledge and Indoctrination: A Friendly Response to Hand

Abstract

Michael Hand's pithy and challenging essay (Hand, 2003) offers a neat, clear and powerful argument against ‘faith schools’. I am in considerable sympathy with Hand's position. However, I think his argument can be strengthened, and weaknesses in it remedied or avoided. In this brief note, I offer some modest suggestions, which are intended as ‘friendly amendments’ to Hand's argument. © 2004, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.