Format:
1 online resource (290 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781441111449
Content:
The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment governs the relationship between the institutions of the church and those of the state; the Supreme Court, as arbiter of the Constitution, has, since 1947, sought to determine where the line between the two should be drawn. This book shows how and why the Court drew the line in particular cases and how and why the lines that were drawn by the Court had an impact on the relationship between institutions of government and the Church, shaping US politics and society. Using the Supreme Court's cases as a framework, the book shows how the constitutional underpinnings of church-state debates shaped the political, economic, and social debate on the issue, and explores broader debates about religion and American society. This book maintains that the Court cases cannot be understood separately from the context from which they arose and that legal factors are only part of a broader picture for a historical understanding of the Court and Establishment Clause cases.
Content:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Sources -- Introduction -- Interpreting the Establishment Clause -- Beyond the Court -- Education and the Church-State Issue -- Part One: School Aid -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Beginnings: Everson and Allen -- Laying the Foundations: Everson v. Board of Education -- Federal Aid to Education: The Political Context, 1947-1965 -- School Aid Returns to the Court: Board of Education v. Allen -- Concluding Thoughts -- Chapter 2: Reassessing the Burger Court -- The Emergence of a Test: Lemon v. Kurtzman -- The Political and Economic Significance of School Aid -- The Burger Court's Jurisprudence -- The Lemon Test Confirmed: Aguilar and Ball -- Concluding Thoughts -- Chapter 3: Accommodation Triumphant? The Rehnquist Court -- Laying the Foundations for Change -- The Court Changes Direction: Agostini v. Felton -- Concluding Thoughts -- Part Two: School Prayer -- Introduction -- Chapter 4: Engel and Schempp: Controversy and Compliance -- Religion and Education After World War II -- First Principles: Engel v. Vitale -- Establishing Battle Lines: Reaction to Engel and AbingtonSchool District v. Schempp -- Congress, Constitutional Amendments and the Public: 1963-1980 -- Concluding Thoughts -- Chapter 5: School Prayer and the Reagan Era -- Stone v. Graham: Reigniting the Prayer Debate -- Wallace v. Jaffree: Reaffirming the Warren Court -- Passions Calmed: The Aftermath of Jaffree -- Concluding Thoughts -- Chapter 6: All Change? The Rehnquist Court -- Lee v. Weisman -- Prayer and Politics -- Concluding Thoughts -- Part Three: Equal Access -- Introduction -- Chapter 7: The Issue Emerges: Widmar and the Equal Access Act -- The First Case: Widmar v. Vincent -- Congress and the Equal Access Act -- Concluding Thoughts.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472522528
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781472522528
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=894542
