Religion on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781851094912)

From colonial times to the present, an insightful examination of how courts have determined the extent to which religion is accommodated in American public life.

From the internationally renowned Scopes "Monkey Trial" of 1925, which pitted a public school teacher arrested for teaching evolution against the state of Tennessee, Religion on Trial chronicles key court cases that have shaped the tumultuous relationship between church and state throughout U.S. history.

This volume chronicles such groundbreaking cases as the 1991 decision ordering blood transfusions for children of Christian Scientists in Norwood Hospital v. Munoz and the infamous case, Engel v. Vitale, that banned prayer in schools and ignited calls for Chief Justice Earl Warren's impeachment. The work addresses such inflammatory contemporary disputes as prayer in schools, allegiance to the flag, and the display of religious symbols on public property, and the impact they have had on American society.

Author: James John Jurinski
ISBN-10: 1851094911
ISBN-13: 9781851094912
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 12/02/2003
Pages: 344
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.12w x 0.97d

Review Citation(s):
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2004 pg. 253
School Library Journal 04/01/2004 pg. 96
Choice 07/01/2004 pg. 2062