Religious Lessons tells the story of Zellers v. Huff, which challenged Catholic religious employed in public schools in 1948. The "Dixon case," as it was known nationally, was the most famous in a series of midcentury lawsuits, all targeting what opponents provocatively dubbed "captive schools." Spearheaded by Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the publicity campaign built around Zellers drew oncenturies-old rhetoric of Catholic captivity to remind Americans about the threat of Catholic power in the post-War era, and the danger Catholic sisters dressed in full habits posed to American education.…mehr
Religious Lessons tells the story of Zellers v. Huff, which challenged Catholic religious employed in public schools in 1948. The "Dixon case," as it was known nationally, was the most famous in a series of midcentury lawsuits, all targeting what opponents provocatively dubbed "captive schools." Spearheaded by Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the publicity campaign built around Zellers drew oncenturies-old rhetoric of Catholic captivity to remind Americans about the threat of Catholic power in the post-War era, and the danger Catholic sisters dressed in full habits posed to American education.
Kathleen Holscher is assistant professor of religious studies and American studies, and holds the endowed chair in Catholic studies, at the University of New Mexico. She completed her graduate work at Princeton University, and her undergraduate degree at Swarthmore College. She is originally from Northwest Indiana, and currently lives in Albuquerque with her husband Alonso and her dog Rafa.
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* Acknowledgements * Introduction * 1. Educating in the Vernacular: The Foundations of Sister-Taught Public Schools * 2. "We Live in a Valley Cut Off from the Outside World:" Local Observations on Sisters and the Separation of Church and State * 3. A Space in Between Walls: Inside the Sister-Taught Public Classrooms of New Mexico * 4. Captured!: POAU and the National Campaign against Captive Schools * 5. Habits on Defense: The NCWC and the Legal Debate over Sisters' Clothing * 6. Sisters and the Trials of Separation * Epilogue * Bibliography
* Acknowledgements * Introduction * 1. Educating in the Vernacular: The Foundations of Sister-Taught Public Schools * 2. "We Live in a Valley Cut Off from the Outside World:" Local Observations on Sisters and the Separation of Church and State * 3. A Space in Between Walls: Inside the Sister-Taught Public Classrooms of New Mexico * 4. Captured!: POAU and the National Campaign against Captive Schools * 5. Habits on Defense: The NCWC and the Legal Debate over Sisters' Clothing * 6. Sisters and the Trials of Separation * Epilogue * Bibliography
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