Separating Church & State
(see also Atheism, Humanism & Defending Civil Liberties)
Basics
On the Web: Articles
ACLU Responds to Appeals Court Ruling on Pledge of Allegiance (6/26/02).
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church & State.
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Americans for Religious Liberty.
Americans United for Separation of Church & State.
In the Library: Articles
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Garber, Marjorie & Rebecca L. Walkowitz (eds.) One Nation Under God? Religion & American Culture (NY: Routledge, 1999).
Heclo, Hugh & Wilfred M. McClay (eds). Religion Returns to the Public Square: Faith & Policy in America (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 2003).
Monkerud, Don. "Faith no more: Texas' record shows dangers of faith-based policy," In These Times (3/31/03):5
Perry, Michel J. Under God?: Religious Faith & Liberal Democracy (NY: Cambridge, 2003).
Ravitch, Frank S. School Prayer & Discrimination: The Civil Rights of Minorities & Dissenters (Boston: Northeastern U, 2001).
Reighley, A. James. Faith in Politics (Washington: Brookings Institution, 2002).
Swomley, John M. Religion, the State & the Schools (NY: Pegasus, 1968).
__________. Religious Liberty & the Secular State: The Constitutional Context (Buffalo NY: Prometheus, 1987).