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beyond obedience and abandonment 24889_McDONOUGH.indb 1 13/09/12 12:32 PM 24889_McDONOUGH.indb 2 13/09/12 12:32 PM Beyond Obedience and Abandonment Toward a Theory of Dissent in Catholic Education graham p. mcdonough McGill-Queen’s University Press Montreal & Kingston London Ithaca • • 24889_McDONOUGH.indb 3 13/09/12 12:32 PM © ISBN 978-0-7735-8783-0 (EPDF) Bibliothèque nationale du Québec This book has been published with the help of a grant from the University of Victoria. McGill-Queen’s University Press acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the Fund for our publishing activities. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Beyond obedience and abandonment: toward a theory of dissent in Catholic education / Graham P. McDonough. Includes bibliographical references and index. Ontario–History. Christianity. freedom–Canada. I. Title. ' 24889_McDONOUGH.indb 4 13/09/12 12:32 PM Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 3 1 Problems of Writing on Catholic Education 19 2 Education, Authority, Dissent, and Conscience 37 3 The Context, Challenge, and Changing Face of Canadian Catholic Education 83 4 Foundational Aims and Concerns in the Theory of Catholic Education-Schooling 124 5 A Theory of Dissent 145 6 The Limitations of Current Practice 173 7 Pedagogy of Dissent 223 Notes 259 Works Cited 281 Index 295 24889_McDONOUGH.indb 5 13/09/12 12:32 PM 24889_McDONOUGH.indb 6 13/09/12 12:32 PM Acknowledgments My research for this book was made possible by the financial support of the Ontario Ministry of Education, the University of Toronto, the Gift of Time Foundation, and the Association for Moral Education. The University of Victoria’s Provost and Dean of Education assisted greatly in funding its publication. The ideas in this book are my own, but many people contributed care and support as I worked to express them. This book developed out of my doctoral dissertation in the Philosophy of Education pro- gram at the University of Toronto. It was there that I received immeas- urable care and support from my supervisor, Dwight Boyd, and committee members John Portelli and Mark McGowan (St Michael’s College, University of Toronto). I also thank Brent Kilbourn, Noel McFerran, Margaret O’Gara, Gordon Rixon, sj (Regis College), and George Smith, csb, for their consultations at various stages of this work. During my doctoral study I was also fortunate to have col- leagues who were both first-class scholars and friends. My thanks go to Trevor Norris, Ann Yeong, Jim Lang, Laura Page, and Kristin Main for their questions, insights, and support along the way. Thanks also to Kyla Madden at McGill-Queen’s University Press for her patience and assistance as I worked through transforming a dissertation into a book manuscript. Likewise, the reviewers of this manuscript were very helpful and provided much inspiration along this journey. Some of the material in this volume has been previously published. Chapter 5 was previously published as: McDonough, G.P. 2010. “Why Dissent is a Vital Concept in Moral Education.” Journal of Moral Education 39 (4): 421–36. It is published here with the per- mission of Taylor and Francis. A portion of chapter 6 was previously 24889_McDONOUGH.indb 7 13/09/12 12:32 PM viii Acknowledgments published as: McDonough, G.P. 2010. “The Problem of Catholic School Teachers Deferring to the Home on Controversial Religious Issues.” Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice 13 (3): 287–305. It is published here with the permission of that journal. I am grateful to my parents, Ken and Edie McDonough, for their ongoing support, and to my late mother, Angela McDonough, who with Dad did not discourage me from facing questions of incongru- ity between authority and justice. My in-laws have also provided much care and support. Finally, I am most grateful to my wife. She stood with me through proposing, writing, and defending the dissertation; and then again through the heavy work of transforming it into this book. I am grateful for her academic and professional insights as I shaped my ideas, and no less for her hope for me, which has remained when I needed it most. 24889_McDONOUGH.indb 8 13/09/12 12:32 PM beyond obedience and abandonment 24889_McDONOUGH.indb 1 13/09/12 12:32 PM

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