(Source: Routledge)
Routledge has published a book on the history of laws and
debates surrounding teachers’ religious garb in the United States.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Examining the twelve-decade legal
conflict of government bans on religious garb worn by teachers in U.S. public
schools, this book provides comprehensive documentation and analysis of the
historical origins and subsequent development of teachers’ religious garb in
relation to contemporary legal challenges within the United Nations and the
European Union.
By identifying and correcting
factual errors in the literature about historical bans on teachers’ garb,
Walker demonstrates that there are still substantial and unresolved legal
questions to the constitutionality of state garb statutes and reflects on how the
contemporary conflicts are historically rooted. Showcased through a wealth of
laws and case studies, this book is divided into eight clear and concise
chapters and answers questions such as: what are anti-religious-garb laws?; how
have the state and federal court decisions evolved?; what are the
constitutional standards?; what are the establishment clause and free exercise
clause arguments?; and how has this impacted current debates on teachers’
religious garb?, before concluding with an informative summary of the points
discussed throughout.
The First Amendment and State
Bans on Teachers’ Religious Garb is the ideal resource for
researchers, academics, and postgraduate students in the fields of education,
religion, education policy, sociology of education, and law, or those looking
to explore an in-depth development of the laws and debates surrounding
teachers’ religious garb within the last 125 years.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rev. Dr. Nathan C. Walker is
executive director of 1791 Delegates. He has studied law and religion at
Harvard and Columbia universities, US.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Glossaries
Preface
Chapter I - The Problem and the Plan
Chapter II - How Did We Get Here
Chapter III - What are the Constitutional Standards?
Chapter IV - How Do We Proceed?
Chapter V - What are the Establishment Clause Arguments?
Chapter VI - What are the Free Exercise Clause Arguments?
Chapter VII - Discussion and Decision
Chapter VIII - What Have We Learned?
Case Abbreviations
Index
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