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Davies, Ann.
In Law More Than in Life? Liberalism, Reason, and Religion in Public
Schools
Rhetoric & Public Affairs - Volume 9, Number 3, Fall 2006, pp. 436-458
Michigan State University Press
Ann Davies - In Law More Than in Life? Liberalism, Reason, and Religion in
Public Schools - Rhetoric & Public Affairs 9:3 Rhetoric & Public Affairs
9.3 (2006) 436-458 Muse Search Journals This Journal Contents In Law More
Than in Life? Liberalism, Reason, and Religion in Public Schools Ann Davies
Abstract In the First Amendment, the free exercise of religion is set apart
from the right of free speech, suggesting that religion is a unique form of
speech, as well as of privacy and autonomy. The amendment extends this
exceptionalism by prohibiting Congress from making any law "respecting an
establishment of religion." In this article I consider a series of court
cases involving the rights of free speech and religious conscience for
children, particularly in the context of public schools. In these cases,
the Supreme Court participates in the shaping of a liberal mind that
divides reason from religion rather sharply, often privileging the former
while simultaneously downplaying the role and power of the state in the
moral and political development of schoolchildren. My discussion concludes
with a consideration of the ways in which the Court constructs an
individualistic psychology that ultimately strengthens the power of the
state it purports to limit and shortchanges the meaningful development of
liberal citizenship. [I]t may be doubted that any of the great liberties
insured by the first article can be given higher place than the others. All
have...
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The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
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American Theocrats - Past and Present
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The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
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.. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
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