Selected Readings

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction 1
5. I. On Christianity, Civil Religion, and Politics
6. Introductory Comments 7
7. On Politics and Power (excerpts) 10
8. Mere Christianity 19
9. Civil Religion in America 33
10. II. The Free Exercise of Religion
11. Introductory Comments 45
12. The Origins and Historical Understanding of Free Exercise of Religion 49
13. The Case Against the Constitutionally Compelled Free Exercise Exemption 95
14. III. God and Government: The Establishment Clause
15. Introductory Comments 115
16. Forgotten Purposes of the First Amendment Religion Clauses 119
17. The Original Meaning of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment 137
18. IV. Religion Clauses and Supreme Court Cases
19. Introductory Comments 159
20. Church, State, and the Constitution 165
21. Why 'Separation' is not the Key to Church-State Relations 180
22. Statism, not Separatism, is the Problem 189
23. Freedom and/or Separation: The Constitutional Dilemma of the First Amendment 195
24. Strict Neutrality: The Next Step in First Amendment Development? 205
25. V. Secular Humanism as Religion: The Great Debate
26. Introductory Comments 215
27. The Naked Public Square: Religion and Democracy in America 219
28. America's Fourth Faith: A Sociological Perspective on Secular Humanism 230
29. The Religion of Secular Humanism: A Judicial Myth 240
30. VI. The Rise of Fundamentalism
31. Introductory Comments 247
32. Pietist Politics 253
33. The Fundamentalist Phenomenon 268
34. The Christian Right in Twentieth Century America: Continuity and Change 275
35. The New Puritanism: We Must Say 'No' Again 290
36. Fundamentalism 299
37. VII. War, Peace, and Pacifism
38. Introductory Comments 309
39. Various Works 318
40. Summa Theologica 324
41. Whether Soldiers, Too, Can Be Saved 330
42. Institutes of the Christian Religion 335
43. On Beginning War 339
44. Reply to False Accusations 342
45. Why the Christian Church is not Pacifist 344
46. Christianity and Social Problems 356
47. In Defense of Creation 359
48. On Nuclear Morality 370
49. The Use of Force: A Justified Response 378
50. Just Wars and the Burdens of History 382
51. An Imperfectly Just War: Part of the Uncertainty is Factual 385
52. Just War Tradition: Is It Credible? 394
53. VIII. Liberation Theology
54. Introductory Comments 401
55. On Liberation Theology (excerpts) 406
56. Two Theologies of Liberation 414
57. Instruction on Certain Aspects of the 'Theology of Liberation' 422
58. Centesimus Annus 436
59. Liberation Theology and the 'New World Order' 440
60. Selected Readings 447
61. Backmatter 457