Religion and the State
Essays in Honor of Leo Pfeffer

These essays examine major themes affecting religion and the state in a free society and the interaction of religion and world order. While concern is given to the historical and judicial context of the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment, special attention is given to contemporary church-state problems in American life. In addition, the volume analyzes alternatives to church-state relations outside the United States and freedom of religion in the international advance of human rights.

Preface

Part 1. No Establishment of Religion and the free Exercise of Religion

Roger Williams and the Separation of Church and State
--David Little
The Emergence of Religious freedom in the Early Republic
--Edwin Scott Gaustad
The Original Meaning of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment
--Leonard W. Levy
The Wall of Separation: The Supreme Court as Uncertain Stonemason
--Leo Pfeffer

Part 2. The right of Voluntary Association

The Problem of a Constitutional Definition of Religion
--Milton R. Konvitz
Corporate Free Exercise: The Constitutional Rights of Religious Associations
--Sharon L. Worthing

Part 3. The Right of Religious Dissent

New Religions and the First Amendment: "The Law Knows No Heresy"
--James E. Wood, Jr.
The State and the Christian Day School
--James C. Carper and Neal E. Devins

Part 4. Government Chaplaincies and Military Conscription

Government Chaplaincies and the Separation of Church and State
--John M. Swomley, Jr.
Conscientious Objection and the Liberal State
--Kent Greenawalt

Part 5. Religion and Public Education

Religion and Schools: The New Political Establishment
--Norman Redlich
Religion, the State, and the Public University
--David Fellman

Part 6. Religion and Taxation

Tax Exemption and the Free Exercise of Religion
--Dean M. Kelley
Tax Exemption and the Clergy: On Vos of Poverty and Parsonage Allowances
--Ronald B. Flowers

Part 7. Religion and Politics

Religious Liberty, the Free Churches, and Political Action
--Franklin H. Littell
Religion and the New Right in the 1980s
--Richard V. Pierard

Part 8. Religion and World Order

Alternatives to Separation of Church and State in Countries Outside the United States
--Samuel Krislov
The UN Declaration on the Elimination of Religious Intolerance and Discrimination: Historical and Legal Perspectives
--Sidney Liskofsky

Part 9. Leo Pfeffer

An Autobiographical Sketch
--Leo Pfeffer
The Writings of Leo Pfeffer
--Freda Pfeffer

Contributors
Index

JAMES E. WOOD is on the faculty of Church State Studies at Baylor University.