Religion and the State

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