Storm in the Mountains

James Moffett, national consultant in English education to schools and universities and author in education, is the author of Student-Centered Language Arts and Reading, K–13: A Handbook for Teachers (with Betty Jane Wagner); Teaching the Universe of Discourse; Active Voice: A Writing Program across the Curriculum; and Coming on Center: Essays in English Education. His school materials include, as senior author/editor, Interaction: A Student-Centered Language Arts and Reading Program K–12, and, as senior editor with others, Active Voices, I–IV. Moffett’s anthologies include Points of View: An Anthology of Short Stories, edited with Kenneth R. McElheny, and Points of Departure: An Anthology of Nonfiction.

"Moffett himself is partisan but never shrill. He is emphatic, but refreshing in that he proudly says he does not share the current liberal fashion of condescending to speak well of fundamentalists even when they need rejoinder and countering. He hears, testifies to whatever is plausible in the New Right vision, and then argues with it—usually to telling effect. If for nothing else, read the book for the interview transcripts."—TheChristian Century"Moffett seeks a common denominator of some classic conservative causes, asking why those who extol militarism, ethnocentrism, and corporal and capital punishment are the same ones who crusade for phonics and literal interpretation of the Bible while scourging communism, homosexuality, and women's rights."—TheEducation Digest