Church-state relations : tensions and transitions / edited by Thomas Robbins and Roland Robertson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

General considerations in the study of contemporary church-state relationships / Roland Robertson -- The restoration of "power" to the sociology of religion / James A. Beckford -- Church-state relations and the world system / Roland Robertson -- When will revolutionary movements use religion? / Leland W. Robinson -- Church-state tension in the United States / Thomas Robbins --A mythical past and uncertain future / N. J. Demerath III and Rhys H. Williams -- The courts and secular humanism / Phillip E. Hammond -- Religious expectations / Leo Pfeffer -- The Supreme Court redefines tax exemption / Dean M. Kelley -- Civil rights, Indian rites / Robert S. Michaelsen -- Church-state tensions and marginal movements in the United States / Thomas Robbins -- Church-state relations in comparative perspective / Roland Robertson -- Religion, the state and political legitimacy in the world's constitutions / John Markoff and Daniel Regan -- Symbiosis of religious and political authorities in Islam / Hamid Dabashi -- Latin America and liberation theology / Roland Robertson -- Civil religion vs. state power in Poland / Ewa Morawska -- Religion, state and civil society: nation-building in Australia / Bryan S. Turner -- State, religion and law in Ireland / John Fulton -- The British right to discriminate / Eileen Barker.