Aimed at those interested in the vital relationship between international human rights law and domestic policy. This work provides a set of source documents concerning the legal and political history of religious education in a multicultural environment and especially in Ontario, Canada's largest province.

This comprehensive analysis of the legally complex relationship between religion and public schools will compel readers to reconsider the role of law in education.

In this book, Lois Sweet sets out, in an even-handed, informative, and accessible way, to address the thorny issue of religion and education. Under no illusion that there are easy solutions, she argues that the public classroom and what is taught there is crucial to the development of a healthy pluralism -- one that honours and includes everyone by acknowledging that the spiritual is an important part of the human search for meaning. Already advance praise is pouring in from all quarters for God in the Classroom: