Separation of Church and State

  • Separation of Church and State
    By Jonathan A. Wright

    If incorporation was not secured, then Baptists who refused to pay religious taxes would face the risks of imprisonment or distraint of property. ... During the 1790s Backus's counsel was sought by a group of Baptists in New Gloucester.

  • Separation of Church and State: Historical Fact and Current Fiction
    By Robert L. Cord

    Separation of Church and State: Historical Fact and Current Fiction

  • Separation of Church and State
    By Philip HAMBURGER

    In a powerful challenge to conventional wisdom, Philip Hamburger argues that the separation of church and state has no historical foundation in the First Amendment.

  • Separation of Church and State: Guarantor of Religious Freedom
    By Robert L. Maddox

    Explains why separation of church and state is so important for religious freedom, and discusses the issues of school prayer, tax support for religious schools, and political lobbying by religious...

  • SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
    By Philip HAMBURGER

    In a powerful challenge to conventional wisdom, Philip Hamburger argues that the separation of church and state has no historical foundation in the First Amendment.

  • Separation of Church and State
    By Jonathan A. Wright

    The book briefly traces the earliest instances of tension between church and state within the Western tradition, from the era of Constantine to the Reformation, before moving on to the American experience.