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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458343003321

Autore

Solomon Stephen D

Titolo

Ellery's protest [[electronic resource] ] : how one young man defied tradition & sparked the battle over school prayer / / Stephen D. Solomon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-55596-0

9786612555961

0-472-02609-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (437 p.)

Disciplina

344.73/0796

Soggetti

Prayer in the public schools - Law and legislation - United States

Church and state - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-390) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Ellery's protest -- The making of a rebel -- Byse breaks the deadlock -- The sage and the upstart -- The colonists united church and state -- How religious diversity changed America -- Diversity forces religion from the schools -- Excessive religious zeal -- "Mr. Schempp, do you believe in the divinity of Christ?" -- Is the Bible sectarian? -- Why not recite the Navaho invocation to beauty? -- The race to the Supreme Court -- "Colored by our own experiences" -- Passion plays for all -- Back to Judge Biggs -- New York's "clay-footed pigeon" -- Fifty-one Buddhist children -- In chambers -- Days of Defiance -- Does Schempp have a future?