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Author Solomon, Stephen D

Title Ellery's protest : how one young man defied tradition & sparked the battle over school prayer / Stephen D. Solomon
Published Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 414, [8] pages of plates) : illustrations
Series Book collections on Project MUSE
Contents Ellery's protest -- The making of a rebel -- Byse breaks the deadlock -- The sage and the upstart -- The colonists united church and state -- How religious diversity changed America -- Diversity forces religion from the schools -- Excessive religious zeal -- "Mr. Schempp, do you believe in the divinity of Christ?" -- Is the Bible sectarian? -- Why not recite the Navaho invocation to beauty? -- The race to the Supreme Court -- "Colored by our own experiences" -- Passion plays for all -- Back to Judge Biggs -- New York's "clay-footed pigeon" -- Fifty-one Buddhist children -- In chambers -- Days of Defiance -- Does Schempp have a future?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-390) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Schempp, Edward -- Trials, litigation, etc
Schempp, Ellery Frank, 1940- -- Trials, litigation, etc
SUBJECT Schempp, Edward fast
Schempp, Ellery Frank, 1940- fast
Subject Abington School District (Abington, Montgomery County, Pa.) -- Trials, litigation, etc
SUBJECT Abington School District (Abington, Montgomery County, Pa.) fast
Subject Prayer in the public schools -- Law and legislation -- United States
Church and state -- United States
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
HISTORY -- General.
Church and state
Prayer in the public schools -- Law and legislation
United States
Genre/Form Trials, litigation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009499048
ISBN 9780472026098
0472026097
1282555960
9781282555969
9786612555961
6612555963
Other Titles How one young man defied tradition and sparked the battle over school prayer