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Splitt, David A. – Executive Educator, 1985
Discusses an Alabama silent prayer law struck down by the Supreme Court. Also discusses two Iowa court cases, one involving prayer at graduation ceremonies, the other involving distribution of Bibles in state schools. (MD)
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation
Peer reviewedHunt, Thomas C.; Bellefeuille, Barbara K. – Religion and Public Education, 1988
Discusses two important and parallel court cases related to the use of the Bible in public schools. Covers the context, issues and ensuing public outcry related to both the 1890 "Edgerton" decision and the 1963 "Schempp" case. (LS)
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Download full textVanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN. Freedom Forum First Amendment Center. – 1999
This First Amendment Guide promotes a model of religious fairness and respect. Public schools should protect the religious-liberty rights of students of all faiths or none. Curriculum should include study about religion as an important part of a complete education. The advice offered in this guide draws on shared vision and relies on recent…
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Curriculum Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools
Cobb, Joseph J. – 1981
Chapter 12 in a book on school law focuses on religious activities within the schools. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that bible reading and prayer recitations are not permissible. However, objective study of religion as history or literature or the study of comparative religions would be acceptable. The Court has given approval for excusal from…
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Court Litigation, Curriculum, Dual Enrollment
Muir, Mike – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2005
Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish parochial schools have always had religious studies as part of their curriculum, but there has been the question about whether public schools can also. "In 1962 two U.S. Supreme Court cases (Abington School District vs. Schempp and Engle vs. Vitale) prohibited the practice of Bible reading in public schools.…
Descriptors: Philosophy, Public Schools, Religion, Religious Education
Peer reviewedAnthrop, Mary E. – OAH Magazine of History, 1990
Outlines a lesson for high school students covering religious controversies in New York City schools in the 1840s. Issues pertain to Irish-Catholic immigrants' objections to public school religious instruction and attempts to obtain public support for parochial schools. Includes handouts concerning religious freedom, Bishop John Hughes' opinion,…
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Conflict Resolution, Constitutional Law, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Peer reviewedWarshaw, Thayer S. – Religion & Public Education, 1990
Offers approaches for using the Bible as a textbook in literature, social studies, history, and humanities classes, based on the author's "Handbook for Teaching the Bible in English Classes." Recommends creationism not be included in the science curriculum and teachers be trained for sensitivity to student pluralism. Comments on relevant…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Biblical Literature, Court Litigation, Cultural Awareness
