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100	1		_aGreenawalt, Kent, _d1936-
245	1	0	_aDoes God belong in public schools? / _cKent Greenawalt.
260			_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _c2004.
300			_ax, 261 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aCh. 1. A brief history of American public schools and religion -- Ch. 2. Purposes of public school education -- Ch. 3. Devotional practices : prayer and Bible reading -- Ch. 4. Moments of silence -- Ch. 5. Teaching religious propositions -- Ch. 6. Equal facilities -- Ch. 7. Teaching and religion in the public school -- Ch. 8. Teaching natural science I : relation between science and religion -- Ch. 9. Teaching natural science II : evolutionism, creationism, and intelligent design -- Ch. 10. Teaching natural science III : what amounts to teaching religion? -- Ch. 11. History, economics, and literature -- Ch. 12. Morals, civics, and comparative religion -- Ch. 13. Constitutional constraints and other legal limits -- Ch. 14. Student rights to religious freedom and to free speech on religious topics -- Ch. 15. Excusing students when they or their parents object.
520			_aPublisher description: Controversial 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.
650		0	_aReligion in the public schools _zUnited States.
650		0	_aReligion in the public schools _xLaw and legislation _zUnited States.
650		0	_aEducation and state _zUnited States.
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