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Article: The Fourth R: Conflicts Over Religion in America's Public Schools.(Book review)
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- Sociology of Religion
- Article date:
- March 22, 2006
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The Fourth R: Conflicts Over Religion in America's Public Schools, by JOAN DELFATTORE. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004, 352 pp.; $29.95 USD (cloth).
The Fourth R is a well-researched and entertaining book. Joan DelFattore takes on the complex and important task of tracing the history of disputes over religion in Public Schools. Her writing style is entertaining and accessible, but this does not take away from the scholarly depth and breadth of the book. Perhaps the most important aspect of The Fourth R is the author's direct acknowledgment that both sides in the debate over religion in public schools have tended to oversimplify the relevant issues and ...