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The Oxford handbook of church and state in the United States / edited by Derek H. Davis.

Contributor(s): Davis, Derek, 1949-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: xv, 575 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780195326246 (alk. paper); 0195326245 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Church and state -- United States | Freedom of religion -- United States | Religion and law -- United States | United States -- Church history | United States. Constitution. 1st AmendmentDDC classification: 322/.10973 LOC classification: KF4865 | .O96 2010Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [519]-562) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Religious pluralism as the essential foundation of America's quest for unity and order / Derek H. Davis -- The founding era (1774-1797) and the constitutional provision for religion / John F. Wilson -- Eighteenth-century religious liberty : the founding generation's Protestant-derived understanding / Barry Alan Shain -- Church and state in nineteenth-century America / Steven K. Green -- Religious advocacy by American religious institutions : a history / Melissa Rogers -- Constitutional language and judicial interpretations of the free exercise clause / Bette Novitt Evans -- The U.S. Supreme Court and non-First Amendment religion cases / Ronald B. Flowers -- The meaning of the separation of church and state : competing views / Daniel L. Dreisbach -- Managed pluralism : the emerging church-state model in the United States / Nikolas K. Gvosdev -- Religious liberty and religious minorities in the United States / Elizabeth A. Sewell -- Religious symbols and religious expression in the public square / T. Jeremy Gunn -- Religious liberty as a democratic institution / Ted G. Jelen -- Pursuit of the moral good and the church-state conundrum in the United States : the politics of sexual orientation / Andrew R. Murphy and Caitlin Kerr -- Monitoring and surveillance of religious groups in the United States / James T. Richardson and Thomas Robbins -- The U.S. Congress : protecting and accommodating religion / Allen D. Hertzke -- The Christian Right and church-state issues / Clyde Wilcox and Sam Potolicchio -- American religious liberty in international perspective / John Witte, Jr. -- Supply-side changes in American religion : exploring the implications of church-state relations / Roger Finke -- Peeking through Jefferson's relocated wall : a sociological assessment of U.S. church-state relations / N.J. Demerath III -- The role of civil religion in American society / Richard V. Pierard -- The interplay of law, religion, and politics in the United States / Derek H. Davis.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [519]-562) and index.

Introduction : Religious pluralism as the essential foundation of America's quest for unity and order / Derek H. Davis -- The founding era (1774-1797) and the constitutional provision for religion / John F. Wilson -- Eighteenth-century religious liberty : the founding generation's Protestant-derived understanding / Barry Alan Shain -- Church and state in nineteenth-century America / Steven K. Green -- Religious advocacy by American religious institutions : a history / Melissa Rogers -- Constitutional language and judicial interpretations of the free exercise clause / Bette Novitt Evans -- The U.S. Supreme Court and non-First Amendment religion cases / Ronald B. Flowers -- The meaning of the separation of church and state : competing views / Daniel L. Dreisbach -- Managed pluralism : the emerging church-state model in the United States / Nikolas K. Gvosdev -- Religious liberty and religious minorities in the United States / Elizabeth A. Sewell -- Religious symbols and religious expression in the public square / T. Jeremy Gunn -- Religious liberty as a democratic institution / Ted G. Jelen -- Pursuit of the moral good and the church-state conundrum in the United States : the politics of sexual orientation / Andrew R. Murphy and Caitlin Kerr -- Monitoring and surveillance of religious groups in the United States / James T. Richardson and Thomas Robbins -- The U.S. Congress : protecting and accommodating religion / Allen D. Hertzke -- The Christian Right and church-state issues / Clyde Wilcox and Sam Potolicchio -- American religious liberty in international perspective / John Witte, Jr. -- Supply-side changes in American religion : exploring the implications of church-state relations / Roger Finke -- Peeking through Jefferson's relocated wall : a sociological assessment of U.S. church-state relations / N.J. Demerath III -- The role of civil religion in American society / Richard V. Pierard -- The interplay of law, religion, and politics in the United States / Derek H. Davis.

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