| Description |
x, 261 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A brief history of American public schools and religion -- Purposes of public school education -- Devotional practices : prayer and Bible reading -- Moments of silence -- Teaching religious propositions -- Equal facilities -- Teaching and religion in the public school -- Teaching natural science I : relation between science and religion -- Teaching natural science II : evolutionism, creationism, and intelligent design -- Teaching natural science III : what amounts to teaching religion? -- History, economics, and literature -- Morals, civics, and comparative religion -- Constitutional constraints and other legal limits -- Student rights to religious freedom and to free speech on religious topics -- Excusing students when they or their parents object. |
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Religion in the public schools -- United States.
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Religion in the public schools -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Education and state -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0691121117 (alk. paper) |
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