| Without a Prayer Contributor(s): Alley, Robert S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1573920975 ISBN-13: 9781573920971 Publisher: Prometheus Books OUR PRICE: $29.69 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1996 Annotation: This is the first thorough examination to bring together the experiences of parents and children involved in contesting public school sanctioned prayer and Bible reading. Personal interviews were conducted with those involved in seven prominent cases beginning with the McCollum case decided by the Supreme Court in 1948 and concluding with the ongoing struggle of Rachel Bauchman and Kevin Herdahl to protest official school activities in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Ecru, Mississippi. Each story challenges communities that impose the mores and cultural patterns of religion on their public schools. The result, in most instances, has been angry protests as well as threats against parents and children, and/or property damage. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education - Political Science - Law | Civil Procedure |
| Dewey: 347.304 |
| LCCN: 96027812 |
| Lexile Measure: 1320 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.27" W x 9.37" (1.15 lbs) 277 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first thorough examination of school prayer to bring together the experiences of parents and children involved in contesting public school sanctioned prayer and Bible reading. Alley explores the way in which terms like "nonpreferentialism," "toleration" and "accommodation" are being used to hide violations of the First Amendment. Personal interviews were conducted with those involved in seven prominent cases. Each story challenges communities that impose the mores and cultural patterns of religion on their public schools. The result, in most instances, has been angry protests as well as threats against parents and children, and/or property damage. What's wrong with a little prayer? One need only observe the ways in which religious fervor leads to the use of the Bible and prayer as a weapon against minorities. |