Abstract
In this documentary study, the author postures school textbooks as barometers of corporate faith and prevailing worldview. He has carefully traced the shift toward secularization in 150 years of publication by Canadian school systems. The movement begins with the gradual reduction of Christianity to moral veneer (1867–1930) and then gathers steam in an accelerated banishment of all things Christian. Recent movements, however, suggest a renewed search for meaning in the larger society which affords Christian schools rich opportunities for the teaching of faith and Christian values. Of the three movements in this documentary study, the first and third represent the author's revision and expansion of sections from two earlier works—“Shifting Perspectives: Early British Columbia Textbooks from 1872 to 1925” (1986) and “The World Portrayed in Texts: An Analysis of the Content of Elementary School Textbooks” (1991).
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