Prayer in the public schools
Here are entered works on the inclusion of prayers or a period of silent prayer or meditation in the daily schedule of public schools. Works containing collections of prayers for use in schools are entered under Schools -- Prayers. 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 are entered under Religion in the public schools.
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Broader term:Narrower term:Used for:- Prayers in the public schools
- School prayers
- School prayer
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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)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Religion in the public schools- 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)
- 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)