Religious liberty in the educational system of the United States: from the 1980s to the present

"Nearly a third of religious liberty cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court addressed religion and education. Numbers that high, the problem definitely deserves consideration of international public. What were the main forces that shaped religious liberty in public education in one of its most...

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Main Author: Zamkowska, Iwona (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Berlin Bern Bruxelles New York Oxford Warszawa Wien Peter Lang [2020]
In: Geschichte - Erinnerung - Politik (Bd./vol. 27)
Year: 2020
Series/Journal:Geschichte - Erinnerung - Politik Bd./vol. 27
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Educational system / Religious freedom / History 1980-2020
Further subjects:B Religion in the public schools (United States)
B Education and state (United States)
B Freedom Of Religion (United States)
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9783631800058
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Summary:"Nearly a third of religious liberty cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court addressed religion and education. Numbers that high, the problem definitely deserves consideration of international public. What were the main forces that shaped religious liberty in public education in one of its most formative periods? Did the introduction of religious liberty legal framework in public schools advance religious liberty of students as independent autonomous actors? The author discusses this cultural problem from a broad and complex perspective: both internationally recognized theory of a child's religious freedom rights and the American models of religious liberty. To cover a wide spectrum of viewpoints, she analyses a broad selection of documents, from state and NGO publications to media coverage"--
ISBN:3631790600