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Author Russo, Charles J.

Title International Perspectives on Education, Religion and Law
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (242 pages)
Series Routledge Research in Religion and Education
Routledge research in religion and education.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; 1 Does the Free Exercise of Religion Have a Future in the Marketplace of Public Education in the United States?; 2 School Prayer; 3 Religion and the Public School Curriculum; 4 Distribution of Religious Materials in Public Schools; 5 Religious Displays and Holiday Observances in Public Schools; 6 Wearing Religious Garb in Public Schools; 7 Clash of Values: Religious Autonomy and State Efforts to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination
8 The Constitution, Religious Education, and the Future of Religious Freedom in Australian Schools9 From "Common Christianity" to "Equal Concern and Respect": Working Out a New Understanding of Religion's Place in Canada's Schools; 10 Adapting to Religious Diversity: Legal Protection of Religious Preference in State-Funded Schools in England; 11 The Legal Status of Religion in Publicly-Funded Schools in Ireland; 12 Freedom of Religion and Religious Practices in School: The Judicial Approach in Malaysia
13 Freedom of Conscience and the Right to Education in Russia: A Secular Country of Cultural and Religious Diversity14 Education, Religion, and the Law in South Africa; 15 Analysis and Recommendations; Contributors; Index
Summary This volume examines the legal status of religion in education, both public and non-public, in the United States and seven other nations. It will stimulate further interest, research, and debate on comparative analyses on the role of religion in schools at a time when the place of religion is of vital interest in most parts of the world. This interdisciplinary volume includes chapters by leading academicians and is designed to serve as a resource for researchers and educational practitioners, providing readers with an enhanced awareness of strategies for addressing the role of religion in r
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Subject Religion in the public schools -- Case studies
Private schools -- Religion -- Case studies
Educational law and legislation -- Case studies
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
Educational law and legislation
Private schools -- Religion
Religion in the public schools
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781135019907
1135019908