dissenting tradition in American education
By: James C. Carper, Thomas C. Hunt.
Contributors: Hunt, Thomas C., 1930-
Publisher: P. Lang
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780820479200
Subjects: Church and education -- United States -- History.; Religion in the public schools -- United States -- History.; Dissenters, Religious -- United States -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction; value: John Hughes: Catholic dissent in nineteenth century New York City; value: Institutionalizing Catholic dissent: the nineteenth century parochial school; value: The Bennett law: a source of dissent; value: Questioning the prevailing orthodoxy: Bible-reading and the Edgerton decision; value: Protestant dissent in the nineteenth century: three Presbyterians; value: The Christian day school movement: new Protestant dissenters; value: The state and the new Protestant dissenters: the Whisner decision; value: Homeschooling redivivus: accommodating the Anabaptists of American education; value: Final thoughts.