THE CROSS AT COLLEGE: ACCOMMODATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RELIGION AT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

THE CROSS AT COLLEGE: ACCOMMODATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RELIGION AT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

INTRODUCTION In October 2006, President Gene Nichol of the College of William and Mary ordered a change in the practice of displaying a cross in the College' s Wren Chapel. ' Since the late 1930s, when Bruton Parish Church donated the cross to the College of William and Mary (the College),...

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Veröffentlicht in:The William and Mary Bill of Rights journal 2008-04, Vol.16 (4), p.939
Hauptverfasser: Lupu, Ira C, Tuttle, Robert W
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Christianity
Church & state
Colleges & universities
Religion
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Zusammenfassung:INTRODUCTION In October 2006, President Gene Nichol of the College of William and Mary ordered a change in the practice of displaying a cross in the College' s Wren Chapel. ' Since the late 1930s, when Bruton Parish Church donated the cross to the College of William and Mary (the College), the cross normally had been displayed on the chapel' s altar and removed only for secular events or non-Christian worship.2 The brass cross stands eighteen inches tall and is inscribed IHS,3 which represents the name Jesus Christ.
ISSN:1065-8254
1943-135X