Jacobs V Board Of School Commissioners Of The City Of Indianapolis

Author : Alvin W. Johnson
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 0816659656
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (166 download)

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Download or read book Separation of Church and State in the United States written by Alvin W. Johnson and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1948-11-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Separation of Church and State in the United States was first published in 1948. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. This book is more than a revised and enlarged edition of Dr. Johnson's Legal Status of Church-State Relationships in the United States. Besides rewriting and bringing up to date much of the original material, the authors have added a number of chapters dealing with subjects that have gained prominence in recent years: citizenship and the bearing of arms, saluting the flag, distribution of religious literature, and freedom of speech for Communists. Such recent cases as the Supreme Court decision in McCollum v. Board of Education—better known as the Champaign, Illinois, case—are discussed in some detail. School administrators will find the book of great practical value, for it deals predominantly with church-state relationships in the public schools, one of the chief areas of conflict. These conflicts include such questions as Bible readings and religious instruction in the public schools, dismissed and released time for religious education, the allowing of credit for religious instruction, public aid to sectarian schools, the wearing of religious garb, furnishing free textbooks and transportation for students in parochial schools.