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Original Article

Teaching Religion in America's Public Schools: A Necessary Disruption

Jeff Passe Department of Reading and Elementary Education, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Lara Willox Department of Culture, Curriculum, and Change, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Pages 102-106 | Published online: 07 Aug 2010

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