Contents -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: An Intellectual Framework to Support a Civic Conversation about Faith Schools in Plural Societies -- 1. The Urgent Need for a Civilized Conversation about Faith Schools and Society -- 2. A Reassessment of the Place of Faith Schools in State-Supported Education in Plural Democratic Societies -- 3. To What Extent Can Plural Societies Which Encompass a Spectrum of World Views and Cultural Perspectives Sustain a Common Schooling for All? -- 4. The Role of Faith in the Schools of Civic Societies -- Part II: Developing a Process for the Study of Faith-Based Schools and Their Cultures within Plural Societies -- 5. Towards the Establishment of an Evidence Base for Use in a Civic Conversation about Faith Schools in a Plural Society -- 6. Faith School Profiles -- Part III: Profiling Faith School Cultures: A Means of Practice Informing Policy -- 7. Four Catholic Schools and Their Cultures -- 8. The Student Voice and Its Significance in the Study of School Cultures -- 9. Building a Meta-Narrative of School Cultures from a Composite Profile of Four Faith Schools -- 10. Practice Informing Policy: The Case for Evidence-Based Policy Concerning Faith-Based Schools -- Appendix: The Student Questionnaire -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.