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Between Church and State: Religion and Public Education in a Multicultural America
James W. Fraser
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Paperback. Du Bois's debates about African American schooling, and the rapid growth of Jewish day schools among a community previously known for its deep commitment to secular public education. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JNFR; JNL; JNM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Today, the ongoing controversy about the place-or lack of place-of religion in public schools is a burning issue in the United States. Prayer at football games, creationism in the classroom, the teaching of religion and morals, and public funding for private religious schools are just a few of the subjects over which people are skirmishing. In Between Church and State, historian and pastor James W. Fraser shows that these battles have been going on for as long as there have been public schools and argues there has never been any consensus about what the separation of church and state ... Read more
Today, the ongoing controversy about the place-or lack of place-of religion in public schools is a burning issue in the United States. Prayer at football games, creationism in the classroom, the teaching of religion and morals, and public funding for private religious schools are just a few of the subjects over which people are skirmishing. In Between Church and State, historian and pastor James W. Fraser shows that these battles have been going on for as long as there have been public schools and argues there has never been any consensus about what the separation of church and state ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
409g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421420585
SKU
V9781421420585
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About James W. Fraser
James W. Fraser is a professor of history and education and the chair of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Professions at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. An ordained minister of the United Church of Christ, he is the author of By the People: A History of the United States.
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