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Church and State: Lutheran Perspectives

Church and State: Lutheran Perspectives

In an age marked by controversy over public support of religious schools, federal encouragement of religious providers of social services, and sexuality education, the whole arena of church-state relations appears in flux.

In this volume, seven experts probe the meaning of religion in public life for Christians when the "Protestant establishment" has given way to pervasive religious pluralism and a growing secularism. Working specifically out of Lutheran traditions, the authors probe the deeper legal, moral, and religious questions at issue in the current debate. They not only rethink classical sources about law and gospel and two- kingdoms theory but also resurrect neglected resources for Christian civil resistance. They then look to contemporary developments and show how functional interaction of church and state is compatible with their strong institutional separation. Finally, three chapters probe the most hotly contested First Amendment questions: religious liberty, education, and land use.
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  • Publisher Fortress Press
  • Format Paperback
  • ISBN 9780800636043
  • Dimensions 6 x 9
  • Pages 232
  • Publication Date April 7, 2003

Contributors

Mary Jane Haemig
Gary M. Simpson
John R. Stumme
Susan Kosche Vallem
Myles C. Stenshoel
Marie Failinger
Robert W. Tuttle

Table of Contents

Contributors
Preface
    PART I: THE TRADITION REVISITED

  1. The Confessional Basis of Lutheran Thinking on Church-State Issues
  2. Toward a Lutheran "Delight in the Law of the Lord": Church and State in the Context of Civil Society
  3. A Lutheran Tradition on Church and State
  4. Promoting the General Welfare: Lutheran Social Ministry

    PART II: THE LEGAL CONTEXTS OF CHURCH-STATE INTERACTION

  5. Religious Liberty: A Constitutional Quest
  6. We Must Spare No Diligence: The State and Childhood Education
  7. Love Thy Neighbor: Churches and Land Use Regulation
Appendix: Major Religion Decision, 1940-2000

Notes
Index of Cases
Index of Names and Subjects
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