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Between Church and State : Religion and Public Education in a Multicultural America /

Today, the ongoing controversy about the place--or lack of place--of religion in public schools is a burning issue in the United States. Prayer at football games, creationism in the classroom, the teaching of religion and morals, and public funding for private religious schools are just a few of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fraser, James W., 1944- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2016]
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From holy commonwealth to "no laws respecting the establishment of religion," 1600-1792
  • Creating an American common school and a common faith : Horace Mann and the Protestant public schools, 1789-1860
  • Roman Catholics and the common school movement, 1801-1892
  • Church and school in slave and free communities, 1802-1902
  • Native American religion, Christian missionaries, and government schools, 1819-1978
  • The many origins of the Scopes trial, 1859-1925
  • Prayer, Bible reading, and federal money : the expanding role of Congress and the Supreme Court, 1918-1968
  • Culture wars, creationism, the courts, and the Reagan revolution, 1968-1989
  • Changing school boards, curriculum, and the Constitution, 1990-2000
  • Creationism, money, the courts, and religion in the curriculum : the battle for the schools of the twenty-first century.