LEADER 05060nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910345147403321 005 20240405052139.0 010 $a1-282-08663-4 010 $a9786612086632 010 $a1-4008-2627-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400826278 035 $a(CKB)1000000000756293 035 $a(EBL)445494 035 $a(OCoLC)335241908 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000140587 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11132260 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140587 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10074268 035 $a(PQKB)10118954 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36205 035 $a(DE-B1597)446310 035 $a(OCoLC)979757796 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400826278 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL445494 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10284251 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL208663 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC445494 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000756293 100 $a20040315d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDoes God belong in public schools?$b[electronic resource] /$fKent Greenawalt 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, NJ $cPrinceton University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (271 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-12111-7 311 $a0-691-13065-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$tPART I. HISTORY AND PURPOSES --$tChapter 1. A Brief History of American Public Schools and Religion --$tChapter 2. Purposes of Public School Education --$tPART II. DEVOTIONS, CLUBS, AND TEACHING RELIGION AS TRUE --$tChapter 3. Devotional Practices: Prayer and Bible Reading --$tChapter 4. Moments of Silence --$tChapter 5. Teaching Religious Propositions --$tChapter 6. Equal Facilities --$tPART III. TEACHING ABOUT RELIGION --$tChapter 7. Teaching and Religion in the Public School --$tChapter 8. Teaching Natural Science I: Relation between Science and Religion --$tChapter 9. Teaching Natural Science II: Evolutionism, Creationism, and Intelligent Design --$tChapter 10. Teaching Natural Science III: What Amounts to Teaching Religion? --$tChapter 11. History, Economics, and Literature --$tChapter 12. Morals, Civics, and Comparative Religion --$tChapter 13. Constitutional Constraints and Other Legal Limits --$tPART IV. RIGHTS OF STUDENTS --$tChapter 14. Student Rights to Religious Freedom and to Free Speech on Religious Topics --$tChapter 15. Excusing Students When They or Their Parents Object --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aControversial 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. 606 $aReligion in the public schools$zUnited States 606 $aReligion in the public schools$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aEducation and state$zUnited States 615 0$aReligion in the public schools 615 0$aReligion in the public schools$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aEducation and state 676 $a379.28/0973 686 $a81.71$2bcl 700 $aGreenawalt$b Kent$f1936-$0259559 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910345147403321 996 $aDoes God belong in public schools$92468314 997 $aUNINA