00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217611984593 Buklod 20160404144805.0 a r |||| u| ta 160404s2012 xx d r |||| u| 9780737756852 (hardcover) 0737756853 (hardcover) (iLib)UPD-00254213168 BLC DEDUC rda eng DMLUC LC 111 R45 2012 Religion in schools Noel Merino, book editor. Detroit Greenhaven Press [2012] 122 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 25 cm. text rdacontent. unmediated rdamedia. volume rdacarrier. Introducing issues with opposing viewpoints Published jointly with Gale Cengage Learning. Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-116) and index. Should religion be allowed in public schools?. Public schools must not promote nor inhibit religion Charles C. Haynes and Oliver Thomas -- Public schools have been overly sanitized of religion John W. Whitehead -- Public schools should teach about different religions Michael Tracey -- Public schools are not equipped to teach about different religions Susan Jacoby -- Should public schools teach alternatives to evolution?. Evolution should be taught in public schools without alternatives Steven Newton -- Criticism of evolution should be taught in public schools David Fowler -- Scientific creationism should be taught in public schools Henry Morris III -- Creationism should not be taught in public schools National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies -- Intelligent design should be allowed to be taught in public schools Michael Reiss -- Intelligent design is not a scientific theory and does not belong in science classrooms Todd Huffman -- Should public schools allow religious activities at school?. Voluntary student prayer should be protected in public schools Robert C. Byrd -- Prayer should not be allowed in public schools American Atheists -- Religious holiday activities in schools must be educational and inclusive Janet Pearson -- Christian religious holidays should not be excluded from public life, including schools John Eidsmoe. This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate whether public schools have been overly sanitized of religion, whether evolution should be taught without alternatives, and whether religious holiday activities in schools must be educational and inclusive. Religion in the public schools United States. Merino, Noel editor. FO UPD DEDUC LC 111 R45 2012 Book