Between church and state

Description

The United States enters a new century with its citizens deeply divided, sometimes confused, and often angry about their differing opinions about the proper place of religion in the public schools of the nation and the current legal mandates regarding the relationship of religion and public education. Different citizens often are unhappy in different ways. But one thing is very clear: a consensus does not exist. And a thoughtful observer can be relatively certain that battles about church and state, and more specifically about religion in the schools, are going to be characteristic of the first decades of the new millennium as they have been for the last two centuries. - Introduction.

First Sentence

FOR THE MOST PART, COLONIAL EUROPEAN SETTLERS did not come to England's North American colonies seeking religious freedom writ large.

Description

"At the end of the twentieth century, the ongoing battle between religion and public education is once again a burning issue in the United States. In this book, James Fraser shows that though these battles have been going on for as long as there have been public schools, there has never been any consensus about the proper relationship between religion and public education. Looking at the most difficult question of how private issues of faith can be reconciled with the very public nature of schooling, James Fraser paints a picture of our multicultural society that takes our relationship with God into account."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

• Between church and state: religion and public education in a multicultural AmericaHardcoverSt. Martin's Press1999-01-01
• Between Church and StateHardcoverMacMillan1999-01-01
• Between Church and StatePaperbackPalgrave Macmillan2000-09-02