About the Author

Jaroslav Pelikan is Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University. He served as the first John W. Kluge Scholar at the Library of Congress. A world authority on the Christian tradition, he is a highly sought lecturer, the author of nearly forty books, and the editor of scores of others.

Reviews

"This book is the work of a seasoned scholar. It draws on a wide literature, both the religious in which Pelikan has worked all his life and the legal, which he uses deftly. The author substantiates his points with force, clarity, and thoroughness." Judge John T. Noonan, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit"