这一必不可少的第二个版本的必要性尊重宗教和美国公立学校之间的持续紧张局势。
今天，关于公立学校的地方或缺乏宗教的持续争议是美国的燃烧问题。在足球比赛中祷告，教室的创造主义，宗教和道德的教学，私人宗教学校的公共资金只是人们正在监督的几个科目。在教会和国家之间，历史学家和牧师詹姆斯·弗雷泽·弗雷泽表明，只要有公立学校并争辩，这些战斗一直在继续，从来没有任何关于美国社会或关于美国社会的“分离教会和国家的分离”的共识宗教与公共教育之间的适当关系。
Looking at the difficult question of how private issues of faith can be reconciled with the very public nature of schooling, Fraser’s classic book paints a complex picture of how a multicultural society struggles to take the deep commitments of people of faith into account—including people of many different faiths and no faith. In this fully updated second edition, Fraser tackles the culture wars, adding fresh material on current battles over public funding for private religious schools. He also addresses the development of the long-simmering evolution-creationism debate and explores the tensions surrounding a discussion of religion and the accommodation of an increasingly religiously diverse American student body.
教会和国家之间包括新奖学金关于罗杰威廉姆斯和威廉·佩恩在发展早期美国宗教自由概念中的作用。It traces the modern expansion of Catholic parochial schools and closely examines the passage of the First Amendment, changes in American Indian tribal education, the place of religion in Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois’s debates about African American schooling, and the rapid growth of Jewish day schools among a community previously known for its deep commitment to secular public education.
