Chapter 1 Powers, Rights, and Freedoms Chapter 2 Religious Liberty and the Freedom of Conscience Chapter 3 The Nineteenth Century Supreme Court and "Republican Protestantism" Chapter 4 E Unum Pluribus Chapter 5 Separation of Church and State Expands Chapter 6 Three Case Studies Chapter 7 Greater Separation is Challenged
Phillip E. Hammond is D. Mackenzie Brown Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He has written numerous books and articles, including The School Prayer Decisions: From Court Policy to Local Practice (1971), The Protestant Presence in Twentieth Century America: Religion and Political Culture (1992), Religion and Personal Autonomy: The Third Disestablishment in America (1992), and With Liberty for All: Freedom of Religion in the United States (1998). David W. Machacek is resident fellow at the Greenberg Center for Religion in Public Life and visiting assistant professor of public policy at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. His relevant publications include: "Religious and Sexual Liberty: Civic versus Personal Morality in the United States" in his forthcoming volume Sexuality and the World's Religions (2003), "The Problem of Religious Pluralism" in the journal Sociology of Religion (2003), and "Religion in Civil Society" in The Encyclopedia of Community (2003). He is also co-author with Phillip E. Hammond of Soka Gakkai in America: Accomodation and Conversion (1999). Eric Michael Mazur is associate professor of religion at Bucknell University. His publications include The Americanization of Religious Minorities: Confronting the Constitutional Order (1999), ""The Supreme Law of the Land': Sources of Conflict between Native Americans and the Constitutional Order" in American Indian Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Contemporary Issues (1997), "Constitutional Authoirty and Prospects for Social Justice for High Tension Religious Communities" in the journal Social Justice Research (1996), and with Phillip Hammond, "Church, State, and the Dilemma of Conscience" in the Journal of Church and State (1995).
Religion on Trial is a remarkable, readable, and commendable
achievement.
*Journal of Church and State*
Hammond, Machacek, and Mazur have produced a powerful and engaging
work which documents a clear and present danger to religious
freedom emanating from the Supreme Court itself. This book,
accessible and engaging, should be of interest to any American open
to the idea that separation of church and state is a cornerstone of
real democracy and genuine moral choice. The work is infused with
solid historical scholarship, thoughtful core studies, and
compelling arguments for keeping a decent distance between
religious institutions and government.
*Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for
Separation of Church and State*
The book is scholarly, yet written for a general adult reading
audience. It is unique in its thesis and makes a contribution to
the literature on freedom of conscience. It is highly
controversial, but once one readers agree with the book's premise,
its conclusion logically follows. . . . It is a splendid book.
*Perspectives on Political Science*
Well written and of quite manageable length. Recommendeddddd
*CHOICE*
Religion on Trial is a book that many, including some justices of
the Supreme Court, will hate. Because they assert that the
regressive justices of the Court are unfaithful to the
Constitution, the authors raise alarm about the present state and
future of separation of church and state and its corollary,
religious freedom. Thoroughly grounded in history, their argument
is a paean to freedom of conscience and a cautionary tale about the
current Court and allowing any more regressive justices to be
appointed to the court. Those who cherish religious freedom and
civil rights generally will find much to ponder, and be dismayed
about, in this informative, provocative, and readable book.
*Ronald Flowers, Texas Christian University*
A superb and readily accessible account of the story of Freedom of
Conscience under the First Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution—Religion on Trial is a powerful indictment of the
'regressive' justices of the current U.S. Supreme Court. Everyone
for whom freedom of conscience is important, that is every
American, should take heed.
*Barbara A. McGraw, author of Rediscovering America's Sacred
Ground: Public Religion and the Pursuit of Good in a Pluralistic
America*
Well written and of quite manageable length. Recommended
*CHOICE*
Solidly argued.
*Library Journal*
Religion on Trial makes the historical debates about religion
clauses accessible to a broad audience. In addition, it properly
links issues of free exercise of religion to issues about
fundamental rights in a manner that is usually missed by legal
scholars and political scientists. Consequently, this book would be
a good addition to undergraduate, graduate, and law school courses
on the religion clause or on law and religion.
*Law and Politics Book Review*
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