Teaching about Religion in the Schools: The Countinuing Challenge.

Collie, William E.; Smith, Lee H.

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ERIC Number: EJ239438

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1981-Jan

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Teaching about Religion in the Schools: The Countinuing Challenge.

Collie, William E.; Smith, Lee H.

Social Education, v45 n1 p15-16 Jan 1981

Stresses that studying about religion in the public schools is an appropriate endeavor according to the 1963 Schempp and Murray Supreme Court decision. The goal of religious educational programs should be the enhancement of understanding, not the promotion of religion itself. (Author/KC)

Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Political Issues, Public Schools, Religious Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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