Religious Lessons

Download or read book Religious Lessons written by Kathleen Holscher and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-23 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book 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 on centuries-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.