Does God belong in public schools? /
Kent Greenawalt.
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005.
- x, 261 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0691121117 (alk. paper)
2004045779
GBA471890 bnb
013007239 Uk
Religion in the public schools--United States. Religion in the public schools--Law and legislation--United States. Education and state--United States.