God And Man At Yale Analysis

The books, God and Man at Yale by William F. Buckley and Children of the Alley by Naguib Mahfouz, are both political by showing the struggle between the people who have power and those who do not. In Children of the Alley, Mahfouz shows the struggle between poor people and powerful people that live in a society with no justice system. Mahfouz also critiques religion's role in trying to create justice, and equality. In other words, Mahfouz is critiquing politicized religion. Mahfouz shows there is a cycle of religious figures that create peace, justice, and equality within the governance of the alley but it does not last for long. While Mahfouz focuses on a larger struggle of classes, Buckley focuses on a smaller but equally important struggle …show more content…
The book Children of the Alley creates controversy in Egypt because it shows views of religions that are oppressed due to lack of religious freedom. God and Man at Yale creates controversy for a different reason. This book is a large advocate to bring Christianity into school even though the United States tries to follow …show more content…
Buckley also creates a lot of political controversy surrounding his views on religion. Buckley believes that Christianity has been neglected by Yale. Buckley even boldly claims that there has been a “failure to Christianize Yale” (Buckley, 2002). There has been much back lash and agreement with Buckleys idea to go away from secularism and towards Christianity in schools. One group called The Christian Educators Association International is working to show Christian teachers how to live their faith — and evangelize in public schools” (Brown, 2016,). This group supports Buckleys ideas and agrees that it would be beneficial to bring Christianity to school. Daniel Mach is apart of the American Civil Liberties Union and he disagrees with the views of The Christian Educators Association International. He believes that this group is “encouraging teachers to cross the line” (News, 2016). Mach would go against Buckley's ideas of having schools, like Yale, be Christianized. Buckley’s ideas of having Christianity in schools also shows that he believes scholar citizens should be religious. Buckley believes that religion is an important part of education and it should be in school. This is why Buckley wants Yale to be Christianized. The books God and Man at Yale by William F. Buckley and Children of the Alley by Naguib Mahfouz are in ways both similar are different. Both books bring up the topic of people struggling against those who have power, and both books have created a