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Prayer in Public Schools and the Constitution, 1961-1992: Government-Sponsored Religious Activities in Public Schools and the Constitution (Controversies in Constitutional Law) (Hardcover)

by Robert Sikorski (Author) "Because of the prohibition of the First Amendment against the enactment of any law "respecting an establishment of religion," which is made applicable to the..." (more)
Key Phrases: solely religious activity, schoolhouse religion, solely religious activities, New York, United States, Board of Educ (more...)

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Hardcover: 512 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (March 1, 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0815312725
ISBN-13: 978-0815312727
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.3 inches
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Because of the prohibition of the First Amendment against the enactment of any law "respecting an establishment of religion," which is made applicable to the States by the Fourteenth Amendment, state officials may not compose an official state prayer and require that it be recited in the public schools of the State at the beginning of each school day-even if the prayer is denominationally neutral and pupils who wish to do so may remain silent or be excused from the room while the prayer is being recited. Read the first page

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solely religious activity, schoolhouse religion, solely religious activities, proposed constitutional standard, solely religious practice, unquestioned religious exercise, formal religious exercise, see text accompanying notes, excusing children, released time programs, direct governmental compulsion, least ten verses, indirect coercive pressure, establishment clause, establishment limitation, inherent coercion, inherent compulsion, changing districts, aid one religion, compose official prayers, aid all religions, conscientious beliefs, degrade religion, free exercise clause, religious assessments

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New York, United States, Board of Educ, Lord's Prayer, King James, Holy Bible, School Dist, Justice Black, Roman Catholic, Court of Appeals, New Jersey, Abington Township, District Court, New Testament, Special Term, Bill of Rights, Board of Regents, Judiciary Committee, Justice Jackson, Book of Common Prayer, James Madison, Old Testament, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Commissioner of Education, Allegheny County

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This book cites 55 books:

Church, State, and Freedom by Leo Pfeffer on 16 pages
Book of Common Prayer (1979, Personal Size Economy, Black) by Church of England on 7 pages
Religious Education: A Christian View by Alan Brown on 7 pages
Religion in America by John Cogley on 4 pages
Holy Bible by New International Version on 4 pages

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Religion and Schooling in Contemporary America: Confronting Our Cultural Pluralism (Source Books on Education) by Thomas C. Hunt on page 54
Religion and American Law: An Encyclopedia (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities) by Paul Finkelman on page 453

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