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The Oxford handbook of church and state in the United States / edited by Derek H. Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church and state--United States.
- Church and state.
- United States.
- United States--Church history.
- Church history.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 575 pages ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- 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 provision for 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 Novit 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 good and the church-state conundrum in the United States : the politics of sexual orientation / 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 and accommodating 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 relocated wall : a sociological assessment of U.S. church-state relations / by N.J. Demerath III
- The role of civil religion in American society / by Richard V. Pierard
- Conclusion
- The interplay of law, religion, and politics in the United States / by Derek H. Davis.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195326246
- 0195326245
- OCLC:
- 461895952
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