Does God belong in public schools?

Abstract

Preface ix Introduction 1 PART I: HISTORY AND PURPOSES 11 CHAPTER 1: A Brief History of American Public Schools and Religion 13 CHAPTER 2: Purposes of Public School Education 23 PART II: DEVOTIONS, CLUBS, AND TEACHING RELIGION AS TRUE 35 CHAPTER 3: Devotional Practices: Prayer and Bible Reading 37 CHAPTER 4: Moments of Silence 58 CHAPTER 5: Teaching Religious Propositions 64 CHAPTER 6: Equal Facilities 69 PART III: TEACHING ABOUT RELIGION 77 CHAPTER 7: Teaching and Religion in the Public School 79 CHAPTER 8: Teaching Natural Science I: Relation between Science and Religion 88 CHAPTER 9: Teaching Natural Science II: Evolutionism, Creationism, and Intelligent Design 101 CHAPTER 10: Teaching Natural Science III: What Amounts to Teaching Religion? 116 CHAPTER 11: History, Economics, and Literature 126 CHAPTER 12: Morals, Civics, and Comparative Religion 138 CHAPTER 13: Constitutional Constraints and Other Legal Limits 152 PART IV: RIGHTS OF STUDENTS 161 CHAPTER 14: Student Rights to Religious Freedom and to Free Speech on Religious Topics 163 CHAPTER 15: Excusing Students When They or Their Parents Object 174 Notes 189 Index 257