Critical exchange: Peculiar bedfellows - Gender, sexuality, religion and schooling: A reply to Stern

I am a sociologist of education with expertise in studies of gender and sexuality. This angle of scrutiny (Harwood, 2006) is my point of departure in conversations about schooling and religion. From this angle, I do believe that schooling and religion can be incredibly powerful in creating community. I am also clear that schooling and religion can be corrosive in relation to the development of community. Being clear that both these things are possible is an important tension to sustain, I think, in conversations about religion and schooling.