Christianity (Protestant, Evangelical) 101
- May/June 1999
- May 1, 1999
U.S. Supreme Court justice William Rehnquist's dissent in Wallace v. Jaffree (472 U.S. 38), 1985, is considered by many (see p. ?) one of the best historical defenses of a limited view of the reach and meaning of the Establishment Clause, a view that's increasingly gaining ground in American jurisprudence. Included in his dissent is
READ MORELuther on Church and State Many erroneously believe that Martin Luther approved of or even designed Germany's state-church system. On the contraryhe actually attempted to protect the church from state interference. In the 1520s he developed the "two kingdoms" or "two regiments"2 position. Specifically he divided the functions of church and state according to spiritual
READ MOREFor more than two years the Gulf Coast community of Lee County, Florida, has been in a fracas over the school board's proposal to offer high school students a "Bible history" course based on a curriculum developed by a North Carolina group linked with the Religious Right. What began as (supposedly) a neutral effort to
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