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Church & State

Lutheran Perspectives

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In an age marked by controversy over public support of religious schools, federal encouragement of religious providers of social services, and sexuality education, the whole arena of church-state relations appears in flux.

In this volume, seven experts probe the meaning of religion in public lifContinue

In an age marked by controversy over public support of religious schools, federal encouragement of religious providers of social services, and sexuality education, the whole arena of church-state relations appears in flux.

In this volume, seven experts probe the meaning of religion in public life for Christians when the "Protestant establishment" has given way to pervasive religious pluralism and a growing secularism. Working specifically out of Lutheran traditions, the authors probe the deeper legal, moral, and religious questions at issue in the current debate. They not only rethink classical sources about law and gospel and two-kingdoms theory but also resurrect neglected resources for Christian civil resistance. They then look to contemporary developments and show how functional interaction of church and state is compatible with their strong institutional separation.

Finally, three chapters probe the most hotly contested First Amendment questions: religious liberty, education, and land use. Contributors include: Mary Jane Haemig, Gary M. Simpson, John R. Stumme, Susan Kosche Vallem, Mary C. Stenshoel, Marie Failinger, and Robert W. Tuttle.

Critics

  • Radical, Pure, Roger Williams

    Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty
    by John M. Barry
    Viking, 464 pp., $35.00 It’s easy to believe in the separation of church and state when one has nothing but scorn for all organized religio ... (read full critics)

    nybooks published on Fri, 4 May 2012

  • Separation anxiety

    Jay Wexler, a law professor at Boston University, lectures on church-state issues of sufficient constitutional weight to reach the US Supreme Court. During a sabbatical, he sets out to parlay his lecture notes into a book that even people who would r ... (read full critics)

    boston published on Wed, 25 Aug 2010

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Book Details

  • English Books
  • Paperback 200 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 080063604X
  • ISBN-13: 9780800636043
  • Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
  • Pub date: Apr 01, 2003
  • Dimensions: 1484 mm x 1032 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
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