Church and State in American History

"Preface Introduction 1 The Language of Colonial Establishments (-1700) Introduction John Cotton, A Discourse About Civil Government Roger Williams, Queries of Highest Consideration (1644) Anne Hutchinson, The Examination of Anne Hutchinson (1637) Articles, Lawes, and Orders, Divine, Politic, and Martiall for the Colony in Virginia (1610-1611) Preface to the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1638-1639) An Act Concerning Religion in the Maryland Colony (1649) The Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (1663) Preface to the Frame of Government of Pennsylvania The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina (1669-1698) Leon Higginbotham, Sr., Race and the American Legal Process: The Colonial Period Ethnic Diversity and Evangelical Differentiation (1700-1760) Introduction The Connecticut Establishment And Provision for Dissent (1708) The Confession of Faith of the Christians Called Mennonites Grievances Against the Connecticut Establishment (1751) Samuel Davies on Behalf of Dissenters in Virginia (1752) Edwin S. Gaustad, Institutional Effects of the Great Awakening The Struggle for Independence and the Terms of Settlement (1760-1820) The Threat of an Anglican Establishment Thomas Bradbury Chandler, Chandler’s Appeal on Behalf of Anglicans in America Colonial Criticism of the Appeal (1768) Church-State Issues in the States Articles II and III of the Massachusetts Constitution [1780] Justice Theophilus Parsons’ opinion in Barnes v. Falmouth (1810) James Madison, Madison’s Memorial and Remonstrance (1785) Jefferson’s Act for Establishing Religious Freedom (1786) A Petition Relating to Church Establishment (1786) Monica Najar, Baptist Churches and the Construction of Civil Order Church, State and the Constitution House and Senate Debates concerning the First Amendment (1789) Occasional Documents Regarding Religion and Government Jefferson’s Letter to the Danbury Baptists (1802) Jefferson on the Question of Fast Days (1808) Robert T. Handy, The Magna Carta of Religious Freedom in America 4 The Era of Republican Protestantism (1820-1860) Introduction Joseph Story on the Religion Clauses of the Bill of Rights (1833) Jasper Adams’ Sermon on the Relation of Christianity to Civil Government (1833) Madison’s letter in response to Adams’ Sermon Lyman Beecher on Disestablishment in Connecticut (1820) Abner Kneeland, Blasphemy on Trial (1838) Ezra Stiles Ely, A Christian Party in Politics (1827) Lyman Beecher, Beecher’s Strategy for the West (1835) Richard M. Johnson, A Jacksonian Criticism of the Protestant Phalanx (1829) William Ellery Channing, A Religious Liberal’s Criticism of the Protestant Strategy (1829) Calvin Colton, Colton on the True Character of the Evangelical Enterprise (1836) Vincent Harding, The Black Struggle for Freedom in America James F. Maclear, The True American Union of Church and State 5 The Recognition of American Pluralism (1860-1920) The Public Schools as Divisive Judge Storer, The Bible in the Common Schools Judge Welch, The Bible in The Public Schools Samuel T. Spear, Religion and The State (1876) ""Americanism,"" Protestant and Catholic Washington Gladden, The Anti-Catholic Crusade Josiah Strong, America the Embodiment of Christian Anglo-Saxon Civilization E.B. Brady, An American Catholic on Church and State John Ireland, D.D., Catholicism and Americanism Robert D. Cross, Catholicism and a Non-Catholic State American Governments and Religious Institutions Philip Schaff, The American Theory and System James Bryce, The Churches and the Clergy T.M. Cooley, Constitutional Limitations Regarding Religious Liberty The Constitution and Religious Liberty Reynolds v. United States (1879) Davis v. Beason (1890) 6 Mainstream Pluralism (1920-1960) Church and State in Religious Perspectives John A. Ryan, Comments on the ""Christian Constitution of States"" John Courtney Murray, S.J., Civil Unity and Religious Integrity John Coleman Bennett, Patterns of Church-State Relations – Grounds for Separation Richard L. Rubenstein, Church and And State: The Jewish Posture Church and State as a Political Issue Catholic and Patriot: Governor Smith Replies Paul Blanshard, The Catholic Plan for America John F. Kennedy, Remarks on Church and State Church and State as a Juridical Problem Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940) Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940) West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) Everson v. Board of Education (1947) Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education (1948) Zorach v. Clauson (1952) Mark DeWolfe Howe, The Constitutional Question 7 Dimensions of Increasing Pluralism (1960- ): Church-State Issues Religion and Public Education Engel v. Vitale (1962) School District of Abington Township v. Schempp (1963) Stone v. Graham (1980) Wallace v. Jaffree (1985) School Prayer Amendment Edwards v. Aguillard (1987) Lee v. Weisman (1992) Lamb’s Chapel v. Center Moriches (1993) Rosenberger v. University of Virginia (1995) Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe (2000) Good News Club v. Milford Central School (2001) Locke v. Davey (2004) Aid to Religious Schools John Courtney Murray, S.J. Remarks on Aid to Parochial Schools Edd Doerr, The People Speak: Parochial and the Voters A.E. Dick Howard, Up Against the Wall: The Uneasy Separation of Church and State Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971) Mueller v. Allen (1983) Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind (1986) Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District (1993) Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet (1994) Agostini v. Felton (1997) Mitchell v. Helmes (2008) Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002) Religion and Governmental Activity McGowan v. Maryland (1961) Marsh v. Chambers (1983) Lynch v. Donnelly (1984) County of Allegheney v. ACLU (1989) Capital Square v. Pinette (1995) McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky (2005) Van Orden v. Perry (2005) Town of Greece v. Galloway (2014) Trump v. Hawaii (2018) 8 Dimensions of Inclusive Pluralism (1960- ): Religious Liberty Issues The Scope of Religious Liberty Torcaso v. Watkins (1961) Sherbert v. Verner (1963) State of Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) McDaniel v. Paty (1978) Thomas v. Review Board (1981) United States v. Lee (1982) Goldman v. Weinberger (1986) Bowen v. Roy (1986) Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association (1988) Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security (1989) Employment Division v. Smith (1990) Religious Freedom Restoration Act (1993) Church of Lukumi v. Hialeah (1993) Boerne v. Flores (1997) Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficiente União do Vegetal (2006) Christian Legal Society v. Martinez (2010) Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores (2014) Holt v. Hobbs (2015) Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer (2017) Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (2018) Government Regulation of Religious Organizations Walz v. Tax Commission (1970) Larson v. Valente (1982) Bob Jones University v. United States (1983) Corporation of the Presiding Bishop v. Amos (1987) Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2012) Religion and Politics National Conference of Catholic Bishops on Religion and Politics National Council of Churches on Religion and Politics National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council on Religion and Politics Anna Greenberg, The Church and the Revitalization of Politics and Community Marvin McMickle, Black Preacher/Politicians God and Country: Cultural Issues Robert N. Bellah, Civil Religion in America John F. Wilson, The Civil Religion Proposal as a Revitalization Movement in American Culture Chronology Suggestions for Further Reading Index"