August 19, 2009
The Blaine Game: Are Public Schools Inherently Anti-Catholic?
The article argues that while the development of the public school was un-catholic, in the sense that it did not give Catholic Church authorities what they wanted, its development was not the result of bigotry, but rather of concern about the proper governance of mass education in a republic. It concludes that scholars and judges should engage in more sophisticated analysis of the past, rather than resorting to the casual use of terms like "bigotry" and "anti-Catholicism."
The Blaine Game: Are Public Schools Inherently Anti-Catholic?
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