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9 of the Best Books and Articles on: Christmas in the Public Square

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1.

Whose Reasonableness Counts?, in Yale Law Journal » Read Now
by Benjamin I. Sachs. 6 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...a downtown public park. The creche contained...read "Gloria in Excelsis Deo...fifty-five foot Christmas tree, and surrounded...in Capitol Square Review...
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The Establishment Clause: Religion and the First Amendment (Chap. 8 "The Supreme Court and the Clause: Public Schools and Public Creches") » Read Now
by Leonard W. Levy. 273 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...chaplains to our armed forces, our federal prisoners, or our representatives in Congress? Does the display of a nativity scene in a public square at Christmastime or of a...
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This Is Not a Creche, in Yale Law Journal » Read Now
by Laura Ahn. 6 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...Lacking neither chutzpah nor Christmas spirit, the undaunted city reinstalled the menorah and creche in front of city hall the...Allegheny, and Capitol Square Review...
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Religion, the Public Square, and the Presidency, in Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy » Read Now
by Eric W. Treene. 48 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...celebration of Christmas over religious...observance of the day. After a public outcry, the...heritage in cultural...thousands of square miles of...can sing Christmas...
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Christmas in the Schools: Can Conflicts Be Avoided?, in Phi Delta Kappan » Read Now
by Albert J. Menendez. 4 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Entire Library

...depict the influence of Christmas symbolism and imagery...and appreciation for the constitutional context in which the schools must...the vast majority of public school...
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The Separation of Church and State (Chap. 4 "Symbols of Separation") » Read Now
by Darien A. McWhirter. 189 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Education, Entire Library

Students learn about the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment and discover how just 16 words in the U.S. Constitution inaugurated a debate that continues to this day. The author objectively follows the debate in relation to prayer in public schools, government...
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Students learn about the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment and discover how just 16 words in the U.S. Constitution inaugurated a debate that continues to this day. The author objectively follows the debate in relation to prayer in public schools, government support for religious schools, the right to speak and raise money for religious causes, when religion conflicts with the law, and where this issue stands today.
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The December Dilemma: Religion in Public Schools, in The Christian Century » Read Now
by Deborah J. Levine. 2 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...the DuPage Public Library received...after altering the librarys Christmas program to...fastest-growing areas in the country...Jesus, not a Christmas tree...
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The Establishment Clause: Religion and the First Amendment (Chap. 8 "The Supreme Court and the Clause: Public Schools and Public Creches") » Read Now
by Leonard W. Levy. 273 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...chaplains to our armed forces, our federal prisoners, or our representatives in Congress? Does the display of a nativity scene in a public square at Christmastime or of a...
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Pushing Back, in First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life » Read Now
by Richard John Neuhaus. 2 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...wars over Christmas and Hanukkah...traditions alive in the public square had better...candelabrum on the public square when a Christmas tree is put...They are, in other...