Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- 1. WESTERN CHRISTIANITY, EDUCATIONAL PROVISION AND NATIONAL IDENTITY: AN EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 2. CHRISTIANITY AND EDUCATIONAL PROVISION IN SCOTLAND -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PRE-1872 EVOLUTION -- THE RELIGIOUS SETTLEMENT OF THE 1918 ACT -- THE CURRENT SITUATION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 3. RELIGIOUS DICHOTOMY AND SCHOOLING IN NORTHERN IRELAND -- EARLY ATTEMPTS TO CREATE COMMON SCHOOLS -- A FRUSTRATED ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH COMMON SCHOOLS -- THE FINANCIAL SITUATION OF VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS INNORTHERN IRELAND -- DIFFERENCES IN THE CURRICULUM -- UNIVERSITY AND TEACHER EDUCATION -- ATTITUDES TO THE SEGREGATED SYSTEM -- NEW ATTEMPTS AT COMMON SCHOOLS AND REMOVAL OF BARRIERS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 4. 'SENSUS FIDELIUM': THE DEVELOPING CONCEPT OF ROMAN CATHOLIC VOLUNTARY EFFORT IN EDUCATION IN ENGLAND AND WALES -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 5. EDUCATION, RELIGION AND CULTURAL CHANGE IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND -- INTRODUCTION -- THE INFLUENCE OF THE EDUCATIONAL FACTOR: THE BEGINNINGS -- THE NATIONAL SCHOOL SYSTEM -- INDEPENDENCE -- SOCIETAL AND EDUCATIONAL CHANGE -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 6. CHRISTIANITY - NATIONAL IDENTITY AND EDUCATION IN POLAND -- INTRODUCTION -- FROM THE MIDDLE AGES UNTIL 1795 -- AFTER THE PARTITIONS -- INDEPENDENT POLAND -- THE REPUBLIC AFTER 1945 -- THE SPECIFICITY OF POLISH RELIGIOUSNESS -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 7. CHRISTIANITY: CULTURAL POLITICS AND EDUCATION IN GERMANY -- HISTORICAL SURVEY -- THE PRESENT SITUATION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- 8. SCHOOLING, IDENTITY AND DENOMINATIONALISM: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE -- INTRODUCTION -- PATTERNS OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT -- THE 1980S: CONFLICT OR CONSENSUS? -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES AND REFERENCES