05060nam 2200685Ia 450 991034514740332120240405052139.01-282-08663-497866120866321-4008-2627-610.1515/9781400826278(CKB)1000000000756293(EBL)445494(OCoLC)335241908(SSID)ssj0000140587(PQKBManifestationID)11132260(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140587(PQKBWorkID)10074268(PQKB)10118954(MdBmJHUP)muse36205(DE-B1597)446310(OCoLC)979757796(DE-B1597)9781400826278(Au-PeEL)EBL445494(CaPaEBR)ebr10284251(CaONFJC)MIL208663(MiAaPQ)EBC445494(EXLCZ)99100000000075629320040315d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDoes God belong in public schools?[electronic resource] /Kent GreenawaltCourse BookPrinceton, NJ Princeton University Pressc20051 online resource (271 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-12111-7 0-691-13065-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Introduction --PART I. HISTORY AND PURPOSES --Chapter 1. A Brief History of American Public Schools and Religion --Chapter 2. Purposes of Public School Education --PART II. DEVOTIONS, CLUBS, AND TEACHING RELIGION AS TRUE --Chapter 3. Devotional Practices: Prayer and Bible Reading --Chapter 4. Moments of Silence --Chapter 5. Teaching Religious Propositions --Chapter 6. Equal Facilities --PART III. TEACHING ABOUT RELIGION --Chapter 7. Teaching and Religion in the Public School --Chapter 8. Teaching Natural Science I: Relation between Science and Religion --Chapter 9. Teaching Natural Science II: Evolutionism, Creationism, and Intelligent Design --Chapter 10. Teaching Natural Science III: What Amounts to Teaching Religion? --Chapter 11. History, Economics, and Literature --Chapter 12. Morals, Civics, and Comparative Religion --Chapter 13. Constitutional Constraints and Other Legal Limits --PART IV. RIGHTS OF STUDENTS --Chapter 14. Student Rights to Religious Freedom and to Free Speech on Religious Topics --Chapter 15. Excusing Students When They or Their Parents Object --Notes --IndexControversial Supreme Court decisions have barred organized school prayer, but neither the Court nor public policy exclude religion from schools altogether. In this book, one of America's leading constitutional scholars asks what role religion ought to play in public schools. Kent Greenawalt explores many of the most divisive issues in educational debate, including teaching about the origins of life, sex education, and when--or whether--students can opt out of school activities for religious reasons. Using these and other case studies, Greenawalt considers how to balance the country's constitutional commitment to personal freedoms and to the separation of church and state with the vital role that religion has always played in American society. Do we risk distorting students' understanding of America's past and present by ignoring religion in public-school curricula? When does teaching about religion cross the line into the promotion of religion? Tracing the historical development of religion within public schools and considering every major Supreme Court case, Greenawalt concludes that the bans on school prayer and the teaching of creationism are justified, and that the court should more closely examine such activities as the singing of religious songs and student papers on religious topics. He also argues that students ought to be taught more about religion--both its contributions and shortcomings--especially in courses in history. To do otherwise, he writes, is to present a seriously distorted picture of society and indirectly to be other than neutral in presenting secularism and religion. Written with exemplary clarity and even-handedness, this is a major book about some of the most pressing and contentious issues in educational policy and constitutional law today.Religion in the public schoolsUnited StatesReligion in the public schoolsLaw and legislationUnited StatesEducation and stateUnited StatesReligion in the public schoolsReligion in the public schoolsLaw and legislationEducation and state379.28/097381.71bclGreenawalt Kent1936-259559MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910345147403321Does God belong in public schools2468314UNINA