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This is a good book on the role of the state in education. Machen stands firmly against the government's strong role in education, as it inherently undermines the truth claims of the gospel. The book is a collection of essays and lectures given by Machen, even Congressional testimony. Naturally many of these overlap and the book often feels repetitive. But the arguments are there and they are compelling. He doesn't take his thesis far enough in my opinion, since if he's right, and I think he is--then the Christian must reject any role the government might play in education. Perhaps he would agree with that, now that the state of education in America is even more rotten than when he criticized it in the early part of the 20th century.