The Bible, the School, and the Constitution

Zusatztext [a] graceful narrative ... Greens book is indeed an impressive accomplishment Informationen zum Autor Steven K. Green is Frank H. Paulus Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of History at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, where he directs the interdisciplinary Center for Religion, Law and Democracy. Klappentext Few constitutional issues have been as contentious in modern times as those concerning school prayer and the public funding of religious schools. But as Steven K. Green reveals in The Bible, the School, and the Constitution, this debate actually reached its apogee just after the Civil War, between 1863 and 1876. Green shows that controversy over Bible reading in public schools, commonly called "the School Question," captured national attention to an unprecedented degree. Zusammenfassung Steven K. Green tells the story of the nineteenth-century School Question, the nationwide debate over the place and funding of religious education, and how it became a crucial precedent for American thought about the separation of church and state. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The Rise of Nonsectarian Public Education 2. The Development of the ''No-Funding Principle'' 3. The Cincinnati ''Bible War'' of 1869-1873 4. ''The Amendmentists'' 5. The Blaine Amendment Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Steven K. Green
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.02.2012
• EAN: 9780199827909
• ISBN: 978-0-19-982790-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 240 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; USA, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION / Christianity / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, LAW / Educational Law & Legislation, Christianity, Religion & politics, United States of America, USA, Educational strategies & policy, Religion and Politics, Educational strategies and policy, Education law, Education & the law