tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post4061116171292381283..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: The Bible, The School, and the Constitution: Guest Post from Steven K. GreenPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-64916737531819356692012-02-06T01:01:36.505-07:002012-02-06T01:01:36.505-07:00[(When) the Supreme Court built on this mixed hist...<i>[(When) the Supreme Court built on this mixed history when it entered the fray in the 1940s], The Court agreed that even nonsectarian religious exercises violated the Constitution...</i><br /><br />It's not self-evident that the Court didn't throw the baby out with the bathwater.<br /><br />JRB, Justice Thomas doesn't find the Court has a "lot of consistency on court rulings on these matters" either. <br /><br />http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/11/06/Under-the-US-Supreme-Court-Thomas-spanks-court-on-religious-displays/UPI-80331320575400/ <br /><br />It's unclear that the book is entirely closed on these issues.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-3896959934515219062012-02-05T10:57:56.253-07:002012-02-05T10:57:56.253-07:00David Sehat in The Myth of American Religious Free...David Sehat in <i>The Myth of American Religious Freedom</i> touches on this subject and if I recall correctly he didn't see a lot of consistency on court rulings on these matters. How does your book expand or build or challenge his theses? <br /><br />Prior to reading MCCOLLUM v. BOARD OF EDUCATION and then Sehat's book, I had no real idea of the history of early church influence on public education. I was a bit surprised to find that separation of religion from public education has not just been a secularist/atheist cause but also a matter of religious conviction - or at least power struggle.jimmiraybobnoreply@blogger.com