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Accommodating Religious Needs: The Mennonite and Amish Perspective.

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Lehman, Harold D. – Religion & Public Education, 1989

Discusses legal issues concerning the First Amendment rights of Amish and Mennonite students and parents. Focuses on court decisions that upheld their rights of religious liberty and reviews the origins of their beliefs. Contends that most of the government decisions regarding religion and education reflect a fundamental respect for the religious…

Descriptors: Amish, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Elementary Secondary Education

Making the World Safe for Diversity: Religious Liberty and Social Harmony in a Pluralistic Age.

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Guinness, Os – 1989

The U.S. experiment in religious liberty has enormous significance for the United States and for the world. The challenging dilemma of living with the deepest religious differences, as it is currently being met in the United States, is explored in this essay. The point that U.S. success or failure in attempts to deal with religious liberty has…

Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism, Democratic Values, Global Approach