Without a Prayer - Religion and Race in New York City Public Schools

"Though many see religion and race as separate public school issues, Ribovich reframes religion's role in twentieth-century American public education by using New York City as a window into how religion undergirded school policies and practices on race before and after school prayer and Bible-reading became unconstitutional"--

About the author

Leslie Ribovich is Director of the Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life and Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Public Policy & Law at Trinity College.

Product details

• Authors: Leslie Beth Ribovich
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 04.06.2024, delayed
• EAN: 9781479817269
• ISBN: 978-1-4798-1726-9
• No. of pages: 277
• Weight: 517 g
• Illustrations: 7 b/w images
• Series: North American Religions
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations