Ellery's protest
Subtitle: how one young man defied tradition & sparked the battle over school prayer
By: Stephen D. Solomon.
Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780472033454
Subjects: Schempp, Edward -- Trials, litigation, etc; Schempp, Ellery Frank, -- 1940- -- Trials, litigation, etc; Abington School District (Abington, Montgomery County, Pa.) -- Trials, litigation, etc; Prayer in the public schools -- Law and legislation -- United States; Church and state -- United States
Other titles: How one young man defied tradition and sparked the battle over school prayer
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-390) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ellery's protest; title: The making of a rebel; title: Byse breaks the deadlock; title: The sage and the upstart; title: The colonists united church and state; title: How religious diversity changed America; title: Diversity forces religion from the schools; title: Excessive religious zeal; title: "Mr. Schempp, do you believe in the divinity of Christ?"; title: Is the Bible sectarian?; title: Why not recite the Navaho invocation to beauty?; title: The race to the Supreme Court; title: "Colored by our own experiences"; title: Passion plays for all; title: Back to Judge Biggs; title: New York's "clay-footed pigeon"; title: Fifty-one Buddhist children; title: In chambers; title: Days of Defiance; title: Does Schempp have a future?