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Article: TEACH THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE.(Editorial)(Column)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- June 2, 2005
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Byline: David Gelernter
Teaching the Bible in public school raises ticklish problems. Because our public schools must not be used for preaching religion, they must teach the Bible purely as literature. And they must teach it tactfully, in light of the radically different viewpoints of various religious (and irreligious) communities in the United States.
But without knowing the Bible, you can't begin to understand English literature or American history. And a recently published survey finds that American teenagers don't know the Bible well enough.
How to respond? Do we dare teach the Bible in our own public schools, built and staffed with our own ...