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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
First I should state clearly that this is not an explicate, or liturgical ( although it was in many cases up to 2013 when public schools quit saying the lords player in the morning). Rather I argue that public schools are culturally protestant. I would go so far as to say that most secularism in Canada upholds the sensibilities, attitudes, assumptions, and behaviors of Protestantism.
Public schools were at their foundation schools to teach protestant Canadians in English's, catholic schools to teach French Canadians. the assumption that protestant schools are purely secular and public is upheld by the assumption that Protestant culture is neutral and natural.
While I agree there is a separation in the outright religious nature of catholic vs public schools it is worth acknowledging that public schools shed the outright religious elements of Protestantism while maintaining the cultural elements.
Telal Asad's Formations of the Secular and David Martins The Religious and the Secular are great books on the subject.
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I don't think 'intrinsically' is the right word for your previous post.
If you want to argue that HISTORICALLY public schools had a significant degree of protestantism, that would probably be fair, because a significant portion of the population of students and teachers used to be protestant and/or see little distinction between 'Christian values' and general societal values.
Things have changed, and there is nothing intrinsic anymore, at least outside of some rural places, where of course the schooling reflects the values of the local populace