The Oxford Handbook of Church and State in the United States

A comprehensive overview of the study of church and state. Twenty-one essays present a scholarly look at the intricacies and past and current debates that frame the American system of church and state, within five main areas: history, law, theology/philosophy politics and sociology. These essays provide factual accounts, but also examine issues, problems, debates, controversies, and - where appropriate - suggested resolution of problems; they also offer analysis ofthe range of interpretations of the relationship between church and state offered by various American scholars.