LibGuides: Primary Sources: The 1940s: Religion

Online Sources: Religion in the 1940s

The Writings of Dorothy Day
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"The Dorothy Day Library on the Web includes all of Dorothy Day’s writings in The Catholic Worker newspaper as well as selected articles published elsewhere and many of her books." Users can search or browse the materials.
McCollum v. Board of Education (333 U.S. 203) [1948]
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"The court held that the First Amendment's prohibition against the establishment of religion, made effective as to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment, forbade students of public schools from electing to take courses in religious education even with the approval of their parents."
The Presbyterian Guardian (1935-1979)
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"was an important voice in the early years of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in its vigorous opposition to modernism and its proclamation and defense of Reformed orthodoxy."

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