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 LittleThe Emergence of Religious Freedom in the Early Republic--Edwin Scott GaustadThe Original Meaning of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment--Leonard W. LevyThe 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. KonvitzCorporate 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 RedlichReligion, the State, and the Public University--David Fellman

Part 6. Religion and Taxation

Tax Exemption and the Free Exercise of Religion--Dean M. KelleyTax 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. LittellReligion 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 KrislovThe UN Declaration on the Elimination of Religious Intolerance and Discrimination: Historical and Legal Perspectives--Sidney Liskofsky

Part 9. Leo Pfeffer

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

ContributorsIndex