How coherent is the claim that Catholic education is both distinctive and inclusive? This question, so crucial, both for the adequate articulation of a raison d'être for Catholic schools all over the world and also for the promotion of their healthy functioning, has not hitherto been addressed critically.
1: Two Polarities: An Interpretative Key.- 2: Distinctiveness and Inclusiveness: Incompatibility or Creative Tension?.- 3: Catholic Education in England and Wales.- 4: Distinctive Components in Catholic Education.- 5: Distinctive Worldview.- 6: Inclusiveness and Exclusiveness.- 7: Living Tradition.- 8: Catholic Schools and the Common Good.- 9: Conclusion.
'Sullivan has written an enormously rich, sensitive and stimulating book about the most important theological, philosophical and practical issues in contemporary Catholic education and schooling, It is an absolute must-read for all Catholic educators as well as other-religious and non-religious educators who take their task seriously.' Stefaan E. Cuypers in The Heythrop Journal, XLV:1 (January 2004)