Religion in the public schools
Here are entered works on the teaching of religion and/or the presentation of religious programs in the public schools as well as on the exercise of freedom of religion by students and school employees. Works on the inclusion of prayers or a period of silent prayer or meditation in the daily schedule of public schools are entered under Prayer in the public schools. Works containing collections of prayers for use in schools are entered under Schools -- Prayers.
See also what's at your library, or elsewhere.
Broader terms:- Church and education
- Church and state
- Public schools
- Religious education
- Religious education of children
- Religion in the public schools -- Law and legislation
- Religion in the public schools -- Texas
- Religion in the public schools -- United States
- Prayer in the public schools
- Bible in the schools
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Right of the Bible in Our Public Schools, by George B. Cheever (page images at MOA)- Notes on Dr. Scott's Bible and Politics, by W. C. Anderson (page images at MOA)
- The Question Solved: An Answer to Rev. Dr. Clark's Question of the Hour and His Other Anti-Catholic Problems (Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1870), by James C. Hannan (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Bible in the Public Schools: Arguments in the Case of John D. Minor et al. Versus the Board of Education of the City of Cincinnati et al., Superior Court of Cincinnati, With the Opinions and Decision of the Court (Cincinnati: R. Clarke and Co., 1870), by Ohio Superior Court (Cincinnati), contrib. by John D. Minor
- In the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania: Case no. 04cv2688; Judge Jones; Tammy Kitzmiller, et al., Plaintiffs v. Dover Area School District, et al., Defendants (2005), by John E. Jones (PDF at uscourts.gov)
- Religion in Public Schools: A Road Map for Avoiding Lawsuits and Respecting Parents' Legal Rights (Washington: Americans United for Separation of Church and State. 2009), by Anne Marie Lofaso (PDF with commentary at religioninthepublicschools.com)
- Teachers and Religion in Public Schools (4th edition; Pasadena: Christian Educators Association International, c2006), by Christian Legal Society Center for Law and Religious Freedom, contrib. by Christian Educators Association (U.S.) (PDF at cisnet.org)
- FIRE's Guide to Religious Liberty on Campus (c2002), by David A. French (PDF files with commentary at thefire.org)
- Religion in the Public Schools: A Joint Statement of Current Law (1995) (PDF at ed.gov)
- The Court vs. Congress: Prayer, Busing, and Abortion (Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 1989), by Edward Keynes and Randall K. Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
- Reading, Writing and Religion: Teaching the Bible in Texas Public Schools (updated edition; Austin: Texas Freedom Network Education Fund, 2006), by Mark A. Chancey (PDF at tfn.org)
- Finding Common Ground: A First Amendment Guide to Religion and Public Schools (revised edition; Nashville, TN: First Amendment Center, c2007), by Charles C. Haynes and Oliver S. Thomas (PDF at freedomforuminstitute.org)
- Satan Goes to School (Madison, WI: American Council of Christian Laymen, ca. 1952), by Verne Paul Kaub (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Question of the Hour: The Bible and the School Fund (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1870), by Rufus W. Clark
- Taking Religion Seriously Across the Curriculum, by Warren A. Nord and Charles C. Haynes (HTML with commentary at ascd.org)
- Foot Prints of Satan: Pope and Jesuits Against Bible and Public Schools; An Exposition and Brief Review of the Latin Tract De Absolutione Parentibus (includes Latin text and English translation of Konings's "De Absolutione Parentibus"; Boston: J. G. White, 1890), by J. G. White, contrib. by A. Konings (page images at HathiTrust)
- Religion and the State, by Samuel T. Spear (page images at MOA)
- Romanism in America (Boston: S. K. Whipple and Co., 1855), by Rufus W. Clark
- Romanism in America (Boston: J. E. Tilton and Co., 1859), by Rufus W. Clark
- Romanism Versus the Public School System (New York: Phillips and Hunt; Cincinnati: Cranston and Stowe, 1888), by Daniel Dorchester
- The Impending Conflict Between Romanism and Protestantism in the United States (New York: E. Goodenough, 1871), by J. J. Smith (multiple formats at archive.org)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Church and education- Proceedings (1872), by National Baptist Educational Convention (page images at MOA)
- Faith in Education: The Role of the Churches in Education: A Reponse to the Dearing Report on Church Schools in the Third Millennium (c2001), by John Burn, John Marks, Peter Pilkington, and Penny Thompson (PDF at Civitas)
- Faith in Education: The Role of the Churches in Education: A Reponse to the Dearing Report on Church Schools in the Third Millennium (c2001), by John Burn, John Marks, Peter Pilkington, and Penny Thompson (PDF at Civitas)
- The Way Ahead: Church of England Schools in the New Millennium (aka the Dearing Report; London: Church House Publishing, 2001) (PDF with commentary in the UK)
- The Uncertain Trumpet: A History of Church of England School Education to AD 2001 (c2001), by Norman Dennis (PDF at Civitas)
- St. Edward's College magazines (1855-2006) (partial serial archives)
- Disunited Kingdom: How the Government's Community Cohesion Agenda Undermines British Identity and Nationhood (c2009), by David Conway (PDF at Civitas)
- Reading, Writing and Religion: Teaching the Bible in Texas Public Schools (updated edition; Austin: Texas Freedom Network Education Fund, 2006), by Mark A. Chancey (PDF at tfn.org)
- An Address in Behalf of the Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education at the West, by Joseph F. Tuttle (page images at MOA)
- A Discourse Delivered at the Twenty-First Anniversary of the Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education at the West, by John P. Cleaveland (page images at MOA)
- Wisdom the Strength of True Manhood, by Samuel Ware Fisher (page images at MOA)
- Romanism: A Menace to the Nation (A New and Original Work); Together With My Former Book "The Parochial School, a Curse to the Church, a Menace to the Nation" (fiftieth thousand; Aurora, MO: Menace Pub. Co., c1912), by Jeremiah J. Crowley
- A Counter Mandement to That of the R.C. Bishops; With Reasons Why Separate Schools Should be Abolished Throughout the Dominion (Listowel: J. A. Hacking, ca. 1896), by E. Stephens (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Harwood Industrial School (New York: Woman's Home Missionary Society, 1917), by Annabelle Kent (page images at HathiTrust)
- British Policy and Mission Education in the Southern Sudan, 1928-1946, by David Sconyers (HTML in Italy)
- Church and State (Headline Books #10; New York: Foreign Policy Association, c1937), by Ryllis Alexander Goslin (page images at HathiTrust)
- Kirche und Staat bis zur Gründung der Staatskirche (reprinted from Kultur der Gegenwart v1, pt. 4; ca. 1906), by Adolf von Harnack (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Popery, the Foe of the Church, and of the Republic (Philadelphia et al.: Peoples Pub. Co., 1871), by Joseph S. Van Dyke
- Popery, the Foe of the Church, and of the Republic (Philadelphia et al.: Peoples Pub. Co., 1872), by Joseph S. Van Dyke (page images at MOA)
- A Treatise on the Relation of Christians to Earthly Governments: or, The Kingdom of Christ Among the Nations (Lexington, KY: Transylvania Printing and Publishing Co., 1878), by E. A. Slater (HTML at Wayback Machine)
- Tactics of Christian Resistance (Tyler, TX: Geneva Divinity School Press, 1983), ed. by Gary North (PDF with commentary at garynorth.com)
- By This Standard: The Authority of God's Law Today (third printing; Tyler, TX: Institute for Christian Economics, 1998), by Greg L. Bahnsen (PDF with commentary at garynorth.com)
- No Other Standard: Theonomy and Its Critics (Tyler, TX: Institute for Christian Economics, c1991), by Greg L. Bahnsen (PDF with commentary at garynorth.com)
- Discussions on Church Principles: Popish, Erastian, and Presbyterian (Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark; et al., 1763), by William Cunningham (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Notes on the Construction of Sheepfolds (New York: J. Wiley, 1851), by John Ruskin (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Papacy and the Civil Power (New York: Harper, 1876), by Richard W. Thompson
- Studies in the Problem of Sovereignty (New Haven: Yale University Press, et al., 1917), by Harold J. Laski (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Catholic-Protestant Mind: Some Aspects of Religious Liberty in the United States (New York and London: Harper and Bros., 1929), by Conrad Henry Moehlman
- Love of Country (New York: E. French, 1851), by Thomas H. Skinner (page images at MOA)
- The Vatican Decrees in Their Bearing on Civil Allegiance (New York: Catholic Pub. Society, 1875), by Henry Edward Manning
- Authority in the Modern State, by Harold J. Laski (PDF at McMaster)
- Histoire du Droit des Gens et des Relations Internationales (in French, 18 volumes (some in the second edition); Brussels: Meline, Cans and Co., 1861-1870), by F. Laurent (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Vatican Decrees in Their Bearing on Civil Allegiance: A Political Expostulation (London: J. Murray, 1874), by W. E. Gladstone (page images at HathiTrust)
More items available under broader and related terms at left.