Public School Bible Debate Shapes Manchester Conference Rift
A polemic on religious instruction in state schools argues for strict separation of church and school. It criticizes the Bible teaching proposals supported by five hundred Nonconformists, questions Parliament’s role, and warns of a possible clash over state provided religious education amid the Manchester Conference dispute.
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Sir Ames Graham
Rogers
Bible Society
Christ
Mera
Manchester
Birmingham League
Manchester Conference
League
Conference
L Ndon School Board
England
Spectator
British Quarterly Review
Pardon and Son
Nonconformists Challenge the Education Act at Public Meeting
A Bloomsbury Chapel gathering led by Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice protests the 1870 Education Act arguing it breaches religious equality and national schooling aims. Speakers urge separation of religious from secular instruction with state funds limited to secular teaching. a London association is planned to influence policy.
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Bloomsbury Chapel
Bloomsbury Street
Brock
Forster
Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice
M.P
Dixon
Miall
James Heywood
H. Richard
Illingworth
John Francis
Ireland
London
Buxton
Gentleman
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Hear
Mrant
Washington
Henry Ricnard
House of Commons
Thomas Hood
Gladstone
Richard