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Author Long, Emma.

Title The church-state debate : religion, education and the Establishment clause in post war America / Emma Long.

Publication Info. London : Continuum International Pub., 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (289 pages)
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Contents Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; A Note on Sources; Introduction; Interpreting the Establishment Clause; Beyond the Court; Education and the Church-State Issue; Part One; School Aid; Introduction; Chapter 1; The Beginnings: Everson and Allen; Laying the Foundations: Everson v. Board of Education; Federal Aid to Education: The Political Context, 1947-1965; School Aid Returns to the Court: Board of Education v. Allen; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter 2; Reassessing the Burger Court; The Emergence of a Test: Lemon v. Kurtzman.
The Political and Economic Significance of School AidThe Burger Court's Jurisprudence; The Lemon Test Confirmed: Aguilar and Ball; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter 3; Accommodation Triumphant? The Rehnquist Court; Laying the Foundations for Change; The Court Changes Direction: Agostini v. Felton; Concluding Thoughts; Part Two; School Prayer; Introduction; Chapter 4; Engel and Schempp: Controversy and Compliance; Religion and Education After World War II; First Principles: Engel v. Vitale; Establishing Battle Lines: Reaction to Engel and Abington School District v. Schempp.
Congress, Constitutional Amendments and the Public: 1963-1980Concluding Thoughts; Chapter 5; School Prayer and the Reagan Era; Stone v. Graham: Reigniting the Prayer Debate; Wallace v. Jaffree: Reaffirming the Warren Court; Passions Calmed: The Aftermath of Jaffree; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter 6; All Change? The Rehnquist Court; Lee v. Weisman; Prayer and Politics; Concluding Thoughts; Part Three; Equal Access; Introduction; Chapter 7; The Issue Emerges: Widmar and the Equal Access Act; The First Case: Widmar v. Vincent; Congress and the Equal Access Act; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter 8.
Summary The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment governs the relationship between the institutions of the church and those of the state; the Supreme Court, as arbiter of the Constitution, has, since 1947, sought to determine where the line between the two should be drawn. This book shows how and why the Court drew the line in particular cases and how and why the lines that were drawn by the Court had an impact on the relationship between institutions of government and the Church, shaping US politics and society. Using the Supreme Court's cases as a framework, the book shows how the constitutiona.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Church and state -- United States -- 20th century.
Church and state.
United States.
Chronological Term 20th century
1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Long, Emma. Church-State Debate : Religion, Education and the Establishment Clause in Post War America. London : Continuum International Publishing, ©2012 9781441134462
ISBN 9781441111449 (electronic book)
1441111441 (electronic book)
9781441134462