Religious Expression and the American Constitution

Contents

Contents Preface ix Chapter 1: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 1 Chapter 2: UNDERSTANDING THE FIRST AMENDMENT 11 Chapter 3: RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION IN PUBLIC PLACES 25 Chapter 4: RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS 43 Chapter 5: PUBLIC FUNDING OF RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS 69 Chapter 6: HISTORICAL ISSUES OF RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION VERSUS COMPETING SOCIAL INTERESTS 89 Chapter 7: CURRENT ISSUES OF RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION VERSUS COMPETING SOCIAL INTERESTS 109 Chapter 8: RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION AND POLITICAL LIFE 127 Appendix 1: ROGER WILLIAMS’S BLOUDY TENENT OF PERSECUTION 141 Appendix 2: THE GENERAL LAWS AND LIBERTIES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS COLONY 143 Appendix 3: MARYLAND ACT CONCERNING RELIGION 145 Appendix 4: JOHN LOCKE’S LETTER CONCERNING TOLERATION 149 Appendix 5: JEFFERSON’S NOTES ON VIRGINIA 159 Appendix 6: JAMES MADISON’S MEMORIAL AND REMONSTRANCE AGAINST RELIGIOUS ASSESSMENTS 161 Appendix 7: VIRGINIA ACT FOR ESTABLISHING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 167 Appendix 8: THOMAS JEFFERSON’S REPLY TO THE DANBURY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 169 Appendix 9: ENGEL V VITALE 171 viii Contents Appendix 10: LEMON V KURTZMAN 179 Appendix 11: WISCONSIN V YODER 187 Appendix 12: MARSH V CHAMBERS 195 Appendix 13: LYNCH V DONNELLY 209 Appendix 14: WALLACE V JAFFREE 217 Appendix 15: LEE V WEISMAN 223 Notes 235 Index of Cases 247 General Index 251 ...