Fenwick, L: Should the Children Pray?

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4813-1105-2
Verlag: Baylor University Press

Buch, Englisch, 81 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

The author traces the history of public school prayer in America and the legal debates since the 1962 Supreme Court ruling that outlawed the practice. The book thus makes available the historical and legal information from which readers can draw their own conclusions about this sensitive issue.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction
- 1 European Religious Heritage
- 2 Colonization
- 3 Massachusetts
- 4 Rhode Island
- 5 Pennsylvania
- 6 Maryland
- 7 Virginia
- 8 Georgia
- 9 The Great Awakening
- 10 The American Revolution
- 11 Religious Freedom in Virginia
- 12 The first Amendment
- 13 Diversity
- 14 Implementation
- 15 The United States Supreme Court
- 16 Interpreting the First Amendment
- 17 The School Prayer Case: Engel v. Vitale
- 18 The Bible Reading Cases
- 19 Senate Debates: The Personal Side
- 20 Senate Debates: The Arguments
- 21 Equal Access Legislation
- 22 The Silent Prayer Case
- 23 Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Lynda Beck Fenwick was born and raised in Kansas. She received her education degree from Fort Hays Kansas State University and taught in the public schools of Kansas, New York, and Massachusetts before attending Law school. She received her law degree from Baylor University and was a practicing trial attorney in Texas prior to moving to Atlanta, Georgia, where she now lives with her husband, Larry.