| Description |
x, 342 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"Traces the evolution of school-prayer battles from the early 1800s, when children were beaten or expelled for refusing to read the King James Bible, to current disputes over prayer at public-school football games ... Explores the enduring tension between people of goodwill who wish the schools to promote majoritarian beliefs, and equally well-meaning (and often religious) people who deplore any government influence in religious matters"--jacket. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-329) and index. |
| Contents |
Crucible -- The past that never was -- Religion as a team sport -- Off the streets and into the courts -- Stalin and school prayer -- The myth of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- Picnic with a tiger -- Beware of the leopard -- Full court press -- The rest is silence -- Caution! Paradigms may shift -- Perkins's last stand -- Mississippi learning -- The school and the rabbi -- Zen and the art of constitution maintenance -- Deliver us from evil -- Appendix. Advocacy groups. |
| Subject |
Religion in the public schools -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0300102178 cloth alkaline paper |
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