Luke knows his Iñupiaq name is full of sounds white people can't say. So he leaves it behind when he and his brothers are sent to boarding school hundreds of miles away from their Arctic village. At Sacred Heart School, students -- Eskimo, Indian, White -- line up on different s…
"Religious Lessons tells the story of Zellers v. Huff, a court case that challenged the employment of nearly 150 Catholic sisters in public schools across New Mexico in 1948. Known nationally as the 'Dixon case, ' after one of the towns involved, it was the most famous in a seri…
This text 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…
This text 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…
"Religious Lessons tells the story of Zellers v. Huff, a court case that challenged the employment of nearly 150 Catholic sisters in public schools across New Mexico in 1948. Known nationally as the 'Dixon case, ' after one of the towns involved, it was the most famous in a seri…
"Religious Lessons tells the story of Zellers v. Huff, a court case that challenged the employment of nearly 150 Catholic sisters in public schools across New Mexico in 1948. Known nationally as the 'Dixon case, ' after one of the towns involved, it was the most famous in a seri…
Catholic schools have achieved academic, social, and spiritual successes, but have also struggled with shifting twenty-first century social values. Confronted with issues such as the proper treatment of non-heterosexual students, disagreements over the ordination of women, and a…
A sensitive and challenging look at accommodating difference in religious education.
