Contributions

  • Carper, James C. - Contributor
  • Hunt, Thomas C., 1930- - Contributor
  • Praeger (Westport, Conn.) - Contributor

Publication

2009 - Praeger Publishers, Westport, Conn, Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

159,750 words, Guess

Page Count

639 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100275992276
  • ISBN-139780275992279
  • ISBN-139780275992286
  • ISBN-139780275992293
  • ISBN-100275992284
and 9 more
  • ISBN-100275992292
  • Goodreads5550393
  • LibraryThing8390817
  • Library of Congress Control Number2008041156
  • OCLC Control Number246888936
  • Better World Books9780275992279
  • Better World Books9780275992286
  • Better World Books9780275992293
  • Open LibraryOL22560296M

Classifications

  • DDC379.2/80973
  • LCCLC111 .P78 2009
  • LCCLC111
and 1 more
  • LCCLC111.P78 2009

Description

Ten Commandments displays, prayer at football games, Bible in the curriculum, vouchers for tuition at religious schools, Pledge of Allegiance, wall of separation between church and state, among other hot button issues at the intersection of religion and education, generate a great deal of heat, but often light is sorely lacking. The Praeger Handbook of Religion and Education in the United States provides a unique source of light to educators, religious leaders, journalists, policy-makers, parents, and the general public as well as a useful resource for scholars interested in the impact of religion on the origins, development, and current shape of the American educational landscape. Following an introductory essay that surveys the relationship of religion to elementary and secondary education from the 1600s to the present, this set offers 175 entries written by more than 40 scholars with national reputations that cover a wide range of topics related to religion and education, both in the past and the present. These jargon-free entries are cross-referenced and provide suggestions for further reading. Readers who want to know what is behind the heat in current debates will find entries on: United States Supreme Court decisions on religion and education, current controversies regarding religion in the public schools, religious, legal, and educational associations involved in these controversies, religion and the curriculum, religious schools, individuals and movements that have affected the role of religion in education, and religion and education developments in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This one of a kind set also includes a convenient tablesummarizing all of the religious liberty decisions of the Supreme Court from 1815 to the present.

Subjects

Topics

Church and stateHandbooks, manualsChurch and educationReligion in the public schoolsChurch and state, united statesChurch and state -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etcChurch and education -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc

Places

Genres

  • Handbooks, manuals, etc

Other Editions

  • The Praeger handbook of religion and education in the United StatesPraeger Publishers2009-01-01

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