Between Church and State: Religion and Public Education in a Multicultural America

Between Church and State: Religion and Public Education in a Multicultural America
ISBN-10
1421420589
ISBN-13
9781421420585
Category
Education
Pages
284
Language
English
Published
2016-09-15
Publisher
JHU Press
Author
James W. Fraser

Description

Looking at the difficult question of how private issues of faith can be reconciled with the very public nature of schooling, Fraser’s classic book paints a complex picture of how a multicultural society struggles to take the deep commitments of people of faith into account—including people of many different faiths and no faith. In this fully updated second edition, Fraser tackles the culture wars, adding fresh material on current battles over public funding for private religious schools. He also addresses the development of the long-simmering evolution-creationism debate and explores the tensions surrounding a discussion of religion and the accommodation of an increasingly religiously diverse American student body. Between Church and State includes new scholarship on the role of Roger Williams and William Penn in developing early American conceptions of religious liberty.

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