Religious Lessons

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Religious Lessons is written by Kathleen Holscher and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0199781737 (ISBN 10) and 9780199781737 (ISBN 13).

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.