The church-state debate
Subtitle: religion, education and the Establishment clause in post war America
By: Emma Long
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781441134462
Subjects: Church and state
Description: The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment governs the relationship between the institutions of the church and those of the state; the Supreme Court, as arbiter of the Constitution, has, since 1947, sought to determine where the line between the two should be drawn. This book shows how and why the Court drew the line in particular cases and how and why the lines that were drawn by the Court had an impact on the relationship between institutions of government and the Church, shaping US politics and society. Using the Supreme Court's cases as a framework, the book shows how the constitutional underpinnings of church-state debates shaped the political, economic, and social debate on the issue, and explores broader debates about religion and American society. This book maintains that the Court cases cannot be understood separately from the context from which they arose and that legal factors are only part of a broader picture for a historical understanding of the Court and Establishment Clause cases--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-275) and index.