Introduction -- The rise of nonsectarian public education -- The development of the "No-Funding Principle" -- The Cincinnati "Bible War" of 1869-1873 -- "The Amendmentists" -- The Blaine Amendment -- The legacy of the school question
Summary
Steven K. Green tells the story of the 19th-century School Question, the nationwide debate over the place and funding of religious education, and how it became a crucial precedent for American thought about the separation of church and state
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-289) and index
