Religious organizations in the United States
Subtitle: a study of identity, liberty, and the law
By: by James A. Serritella ... [et al.].
Contributors: Serritella, James A.
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Durham, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 834
Subjects: Corporations, Religious -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Religious institutions -- United States.
Table of contents: title: Definition of religion / W. Cole Durham, Jr. and Elizabeth A. Sewell; title: Religious polity / Martin E. Marty and James A. Serritella; title: Religious diversity, civil law, and institutional isomorphism / John Massad and Rhys H. Williams; title: Religious structures under the federal constitution / Thomas C. Berg; title: State constitutions and religious liberty /  Craig B. Mousin; title: Legal structuring of religious institutions / W. Cole Durham, Jr.; title: Associational structures of religious organizations / Patty Gerstenblith; title: Unincorporated associations and charitable trusts / Patricia B. Carlson; title: Religious organizations and the law of trusts / H. Reese Hansen; title: Civil court resolution of property disputes among religious organizations / Patty Gerstenblith; title: Regulation of religious organizations via governmental financial assistance / Carl H. Esbeck; title: Regulation of religious bodies / Edward McGlynn Gaffney, Jr.; title: Exemption of religious organizations from federal taxation / Edward McGlynn Gaffney, Jr.; title: Exemption of religious organizations from state and local taxation / Edward McGlynn Gaffney, Jr.; title: Employment in religious organizations / Patrick J. Schiltz and Douglas Laycock; title: Land use regulation of churches / Angela C. Carmella; title: Derivative liability / Mark E. Chopko; title: How the legal system's treatment of clerical sexual misconduct with minors affects religious freedom / Stephen J. Pope and Patricia B. Carlson; title: Affiliated ministries : education, social services, health care / Thomas C. Berg; title: Religiously affiliated education / Thomas C. Berg.