Ellery's protest : how one young man defied tradition & sparked the battle over school prayer

Ellery's protest : how one young man defied tradition & sparked the battle over school prayer / Stephen D. Solomon.

Author/creator	Solomon, Stephen D.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, ©2007.
Description	xi, 406 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subject(s)	Schempp, Edward--Trials, litigation, etc. Schempp, Ellery Frank, 1940---Trials, litigation, etc. Abington School District (Abington, Montgomery County, Pa.)--Trials, litigation, etc. Prayer in the public schools--Law and legislation --United States. Church and state--United States.

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 note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-382) and index.
LCCN	2006102220
ISBN	9780472108374 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0472108379 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	KF228.A25 S65 2007	✔ Available	Place Hold