Church State category: 1367 books
by John Witte, Jr., Joel A. Nichols
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
This accessible introduction tells the American story of religious liberty from its colonial beginnings to the latest Supreme Court cases. The authors provide extensive analysis of the formation of the First Amendment religion clauses and the plausible original intent or understanding of the founders....
All Politics Is Religious
Speaking Faith to the Media, Policy Makers and Community
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Faith grows when we uphold its vision for a better world and speak of it in the public square—while keeping church and state separate.
"Dealing with a splintered media, with its new opportunities and challenges requires being able to mix the facts with the feelings in appropriate measures...
Spirituality and the State
Managing Nature and Experience in America's National Parks
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
America’s national parks are some of the most powerful, beautiful, and inspiring spots on the earth. They are often considered “spiritual” places in which one can connect to oneself and to nature. But it takes a lot of work to make nature appear natural. To maintain the apparently pristine landscapes...
State of Secularism
Religion, Tradition And Democracy In South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2017
The Dutch Reformed Church, it was said in apartheid South Africa, was the National Party at prayer, and indeed, given that the Bible was so fundamental to much of the legislation that governed the apartheid state, that apparently satirical description had the ring of truth. ?Religion in South Africa?s...
by Edward E. Rochon
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2016
A preface notes the scope of the work. The following 24 (ID'd as H__) heresies are amplified upon over 6 chapters, broken down into major denominations. An appendix lists the 24 heresies in order. H1: Established Church: A number of denominations in various places submit their communities to this...
Attack of the Theocrats
How the Religious Right Harms Us All-and What We Can Do about It
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
At no time in history has the United States had such a high percentage of theocratic members of Congress—those who expressly endorse religious bias in law. Just as ominously, especially for those who share the values and views of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, at no other time have religious...
by John Howard Yoder
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Our purpose is to analyze whether it is truly the case that a Christian pacifist position rooted not in pragmatic or psychological but in Christological considerations is thereby irrelevant to the social order.-John Howard YoderThese words by John Howard Yoder set the course of his pathbreaking...
The Supreme Court and Religion in American Life, Vol. 2
From "Higher Law" to "Sectarian Scruples"
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
School vouchers. The Pledge of Allegiance. The ban on government grants for theology students. The abundance of church and state issues brought before the Supreme Court in recent years underscores an incontrovertible truth in the American legal system: the relationship between the state and religion...
Farewell to Christendom
The Future of Church and State in America
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2001
Thomas Curry argues that discussion and interpretation of the First Amendment have reached a point of deep crisis. Historical scholarship dealing with the background and interpretation of the Amendment are at an impasse, and judicial interpretation is in a state of disarray. Here, Curry provides a...
by Barry R. Harker
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
It's Sunday in America is about the return of mandatory Sunday worship and rest to the center of American national life and how this will shape the future of America and the world.
American greatness rests upon its constitutional guarantees of civil and religious liberty. Separation of church and...
Doubting Thomas?
The Religious Life and Legacy of Thomas Jefferson
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
A religious historian argues that historical revisionism has distorted the religious views of Thomas Jefferson, making him appear far more skeptical than he was.
Thomas Jefferson and the founding fathers intended a strict separation of church and state, right? He would have been very upset...
Send Back the Money!'
The Free Church of Scotland and American Slavery
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
‘Send Back the Money!’ is a thorough and gripping examination of a fascinating and forgotten aspect of Scottish and American relations and Church history. A seminal period of Abolition activity is exposed by Iain Whyte through a study of the fiery campaign ‘Send back the Money!’ named after...
The Paradox of Church and World
Selected Writings of H. Richard Niebuhr
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
“Ultimately,” or so H. Richard Niebuhr wrote as early as 1929, “the problem of church and world involves us in a paradox; unless the church accommodates itself to the world, it becomes sterile inwardly and outwardly; unless it transcends the world, it becomes indistinguishable from the world...
Our Program
A Christian Political Manifesto
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
What are the political and social implications of the gospel?
In Our Program, Abraham Kuyper presents a Christian alternative to the secular politics of his day. At that time, the church and state were closely tied, with one usually controlling the other. But Kuyper's political framework showed...