Everson Revisited Religion, Education, and Law at the Crossroads

by Formicola, Jo Renee; Morken, Hubert; Ball, William Bentley; Carmella, Angela C.; Davis, Derek H.; Dreisbach, Daniel L.; Fair, Daryl R.; Formicola, Jo Renee; Fowler, Robert Booth; Monsma, Stephen V.; Pottenger, John R.

• ISBN13: 9780847686513
• ISBN10: 0847686515
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-06-19
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Everson Revisited explores the consequences and future implications of Everson v. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court case that permitted the use of tax revenue to transport students to parochial schools while simultaneously calling for an impenetrable 'wall of separation' between religion and public schools.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
The Everson Case in the Context of New Jersey Politics	p. 1
Everson and the Command of History: The Supreme Court, Lessons in History, and the Church-State Debate in America	p. 23
The New Common School: The Evangelical Response to Everson	p. 59
Catholic Jurisprudence on Education	p. 83
Everson and Its Progeny: Separation and Nondiscrimination in Tension	p. 103
The Wrong Road Taken	p. 123
Everson and Moments of Silence in Public Schools: Constitutional and Ethical Considerations	p. 149
A Skeptical Postmodern Defense of Multiestablishment: The Case for Government Aid to Religious Schools in a Multicultural Age	p. 167
The Religious Equality Amendment and Voluntary School Prayer	p. 191
Litigating Everson after Everson	p. 219
General Index	p. 231
Case Index	p. 237
About the Contributors	p. 241
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