A comprehensive overview of the study of church and state. Twenty-one essays present a scholarly look at the intricacies and past and current debates that frame the American system of church and state, within five main areas: history, law, theology/philosophy politics and sociology. These essays provide factual accounts, but also examine issues, problems, debates, controversies, and - where appropriate - suggested resolution of problems; they also offer analysis of the range of interpretations of the relationship between church and state offered by various American scholars. INDICE: Contributors; Introduction; Religious Pluralism as the Essential Foundation of America's Quest for Unity and Order, by Derek H. Davis; Historical Dimensions; The Founding Era (1774-1797) and the Constitutional Provisionfor Religion, by John F. Wilson; Eighteenth-Century Religious Liberty: The Founding Generation's Protestant-Derived Understanding, by Barry Alan Shain; Church and State in Nineteenth-Century America, by Steven K. Green; Religious Advocacy by American Religious Institutions: A History, by Melissa Rogers; Constitutional Dimensions; Constitutional Language and Judicial Interpretations of the Free Exercise Clause, by Bette Novitt Evans; The U.S. Supreme Court and Non-First Amendment Religion Cases, by Ronald B. Flowers; The Meaning of the Separation of Church and State: Competing Views, by Daniel L. Dreisbach; Managed Pluralism: The Emerging Church-State Model in the United States? by Nicholas Gvosdev; Theological and Philosophical Dimensions; Religious Liberty and Religious Minorities in the United States, by Elizabeth A. Sewell; Religious Symbols and Religious Expression in the Public Square, by T. Jeremy Gunn; Religious Liberty as a Democratic Institution,' by Ted G. Jelen; Pursuit of the Moral Goodand the Church-State Conundrum in the United States: the Politics of Sexual Orientation beyond Lawrence, by Andrew R. Murphy and Caitlin Kerr; Political Dimensions; Monitoring and Surveillance of Religious Groups in the United States, by James T. Richardson and Thomas Robbins; The U.S. Congress: Protecting andAccommodating Religion, by Allen D. Hertzke; The Christian Right and Church-State Issues, by Clyde Wilcox and Sam Potolicchio; American Religious Liberty in International Perspective, by John Witte, Jr.; Sociological Dimensions; Supply-side Changes in American Religion: Exploring the Implications of Church-State Relations, by Roger Finke; Peeking through Jefferson's Wall: A SociologicalAssessment of U.S. Church-State Relations, by N.J. Demerath, III; The Role ofCivil Religion in American Society, by Richard V. Pierard; Conclusion; The Interplay of Law, Religion, and Politics in the United States, by Derek H. Davis; Bibliography; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-532624-6
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 592
- Fecha Publicación: 23/12/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés