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Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION & USER GUIDE
• AN ESSENTIAL HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
• RELIGION AND THE LAW
• A
• Abington School District v. Schempp
• ABOLITION
• ABORTION
• ACCOMMODATION OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF
• ACCOMMODATIONIST (OR NONPREFERENTIALIST)
• ACLU Nebraska Foundation v. City of Plattsmouth
• ADOPTION .
• ADULTERY
• Aguilar v. Felton
• Allegheny County v. American Civil Liberties Union
• AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
• AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
• AMISH EXCEPTION
• ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
• ASYLUM
• ATHEISM
• B
• Baker v. Fales
• BANKRUPTCY
• BECKER AMENDMENT
• BELIEF-CONDUCT DICHOTOMY
• BIBLE DISTRIBUTION AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
• BIBLE, READING OF
• BILL OF RIGHTS
• BLACK CHURCH
• BLAINE AMENDMENT
• BLASPHEMY
• BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS
• Board of Education v. Allen
• Board of Education v. Grumet
• Board of Education v. Mergens
• Board of Trustees v. McCreary
• Bob Jones University v. United States
• Boerne, City of v. Flores
• Bowen v. Kendrick
• Bowen v. Roy
• Bradfield v. Roberts
• Braunfeld v. Brown
• Bronx Household of Faith v. Board of Education for the City of N.Y.
• Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson
• C
• CALIFORNIA MISSIONS PRESERVATION ACT
• CANON LAW
• Cantwell v. Connecticut
• CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
• Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany v. Serio
• CEREMONIAL DEISM
• CHAPLAINS
• CHARITABLE CHOICE PROVISION
• CHARITABLE CORPORATION
• CHARITABLE DEDUCTION
• CHARITABLE IMMUNITY
• CHARITABLE TRUST
• CHARITY
• CHILD BENEFIT THEORY
• CHILD CUSTODY
• CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETY
• CHRISTIAN NATION
• CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST CHURCH
• CHURCH AND STATE
• CHURCH ARSON
• CHURCH AUTONOMY
• CHURCH AUTONOMY DISPUTES
• CHURCH AUTONOMY DOCTRINE
• CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS (MORMON CHURCH)
• Church of Latter-day Saints v. Amos
• CHURCH RECORDS
• CHURCH TRIBUNALS
• CIVIC RELIGION
• CLERGY
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF
• CLERGY MALPRACTICE
• CLERGY SEX ABUSE
• COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS AND RELIGION
• Committee for Public Education and Liberty v. Regan
• COMMON LAW AND CHRISTIANITY
• CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR
• CONTRACEPTION
• COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS (CAIR)
• CRIMINAL CONDUCT
• CULT
• CULTURE WARS
• Cutter v. Wilkinson
• D
• Davis v. Beason
• DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT (DOMA)
• DEPROGRAMMING CASES
• DISESTABLISHMENT
• DIVISIVENESS DOCTRINE
• DIVORCE
• Doremus v. Board of Education
• DRUGS AND RELIGION
• DUE PROCESS CLAUSE
• E
• ECCLESIASTICAL CORPORATION
• ECCLESIASTICAL COURT .
• ECCLESIASTICAL DISPUTES
• ECCLESIASTICAL LAW
• Edwards v. Aguillard
• Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow
• Employment Division v. Smith
• ENDORSEMENT TEST
• Engel v. Vitale
• ENLIGHTENMENT
• Epperson v. Arkansas
• ESTABLISHED CHURCH
• ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE
• ETERNAL LAW
• EVANGELICAL MANIFESTO
• Everson v. Board of Education
• EXCESSIVE ENTANGLEMENT
• F
• FAITH HEALING
• FAITH-BASED INITIATIVES
• FAMILY LAW
• FEDERALISM
• FETAL RIGHTS
• FIRST AMENDMENT (U.S. CONSTITUTION)
• FLAG SALUTE CEREMONY
• FOREIGN POLICY
• Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security
• FREE EXERCISE CLAUSE
• FREEDOM OF RELIGION
• FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AS A
• G
• Gillette v. United States
• Goldman v. Weinberger
• Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal
• GOVERNMENT AID TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS
• GOVERNMENT AID TO RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
• Grand Rapids School District v. Ball
• GRASSLEY INVESTIGATION OF TELEVANGELISTS
• H
• HATE CRIMES
• Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness
• Hernandez v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
• HOLIDAY DISPLAYS
• HOME SCHOOLING
• HOMOSEXUALITY
• HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
• I
• IN GOD WE TRUST
• INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT OF 1998
• J
• JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
• Jimmy Swaggart Ministries v. Board of Equalization
• Johnson v. Robison
• Jones v. Wolf
• JONESTOWN
• JUDAISM
• JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS AND RELIGION
• JUDICIAL DEFERENCE AND RELIGION
• JURY SERVICE AND RELIGION
• K
• KENNEWICK MAN CASE
• L
• Larkin v. Grendel's Den, Inc.
• Larson v. Valente
• Lemon v. Kurtzman
• Levitt v. Committee for Public Education
• Lynch v. Donnelly
• Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association
• M
• JAMES MADISON'S MEMORIAL AND REMONSTRANCE AGAINST RELIGIOUS ASSESSMENTS
• Marsh v. Chambers
• MARYLAND TOLERATION ACT (1649)
• MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONIAL CHARTERS (1629, 1691)
• McCollum v. Board of Education
• McCreary County v. ACLU
• McDaniel v. Paty
• MEDICAL TREATMENT
• MILITARY CHAPLAINS
• Minersville School District v. Gobitis
• MINISTERIAL EXEMPTION
• MOMENT OF SILENCE
• MOMENT OF SILENCE CASES
• MORMON CASES
• Mueller v. Allen
• MUSLIM CHARITIES
• MUTUAL ABSTINENCE
• N
• NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGIONS
• NATURAL LAW
• NEGLIGENCE AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
• NEUTRALITY STANDARD
• NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT (NRM)
• NONPROFIT CORPORATION
• Norwood v. Harrison
• O
• O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz
• ORIGINAL INTENT
• P
• PAGANS/WICCANS
• PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY /PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY FOUNDATION
• PHARMACISTS CONSCIENCE CLAUSE
• Pierce v. Society of Sisters
• PLACE OF WORSHIP
• PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
• POLYGAMY
• PRISONS AND PRISONERS
• PRIVACY
• PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION
• PROSELYTIZING
• PROSPERITY GOSPEL
• PROTESTANTISM
• PUBLIC FORUM
• PUBLIC OFFICE
• PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULUM
• PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES, ACCESS OF RELIGIOUS GROUPS TO
• PUBLIC SPACE AND RELIGION
• R
• RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, BASED ON RELIGION
• REGISTRATION OF RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
• RELEASED-TIME PROGRAMS
• RELIGION AND POLITICS
• RELIGION, DEFINITION OF
• RELIGION IN THE WORKPLACE GUIDELINES
• RELIGIOUS BELIEF, DEFINITION OF
• RELIGIOUS BELIEF, SINCERITY AND TRUTH OF
• RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING
• RELIGIOUS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
• RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION
• RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT
• RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENT
• RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS
• RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION
• RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
• RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AMENDMENT (1997)
• RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT (1993)
• RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM
• RELIGIOUS GARB
• RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS, GOVERNMENT CELEBRATION OF
• RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
• RELIGIOUS LAND USE AND INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS ACT (RLUIPA)
• RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
• RELIGIOUS LIBERTY PROTECTION ACT
• RELIGIOUS OATHS
• RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION
• RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION
• RELIGIOUS PLURALISM
• RELIGIOUS PROPERTY
• RELIGIOUS PROTECTION LEGISLATION
• RELIGIOUS PURPOSES
• RELIGIOUS SOLICITATION, REGULATION OF
• RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS AND LANGUAGE
• RELIGIOUS TERRORISM
• RELIGIOUS TESTS
• Reynolds v. United States
• ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
• S
• SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• SCHOOL CHOICE
• SCHOOL PRAYER
• SCIENTOLOGY
• SCOPES TRIAL
• SEPARATIONIST
• SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS AND RELIGION
• SHARED-TIME PROGRAMS
• Sherbert v. Verner
• SIKHS
• SOCIAL GOSPEL
• Staley v. Harris Co.
• STANDING TO SUE
• Stone v. Graham
• SUICIDE
• SUNDAY CLOSING LAWS
• T
• TAX EXEMPTIONS AND RELIGION
• TEN COMMANDMENTS
• Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock
• TEXTBOOKS AND RELIGION
• Thomas v. Review Board
• Thornton v. Caldor
• Tilton v. Richardson
• TIME, PLACE, AND MANNER RESTRICTIONS
• TITHES/TITHING
• Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation v. Secretary of Labor
• Torcaso v. Watkins
• TORTS AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
• TUITION TAX DEDUCTIONS OR CREDITS
• U
• UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AND RELIGION
• UNENUMERATED RIGHTS
• UNITED NATIONS DECLARATIONS AND RESOLUTIONS ON RELIGION
• United States v. Ballard
• United States v. Lee
• V
• VACCINATIONS
• Van Orden v. Perry
• VIRGINIA STATUTE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM (1777)
• VOUCHERS
• W
• “WALL OF SEPARATION” METAPHOR
• Wallace v. Jaffree
• Walz v. Tax Commission
• Watson v. Jones
• WELFARE REFORM ACT OF 1996
• Welsh v. United States
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
• Widmar v. Vincent
• Wisconsin v. Yoder
• Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind
• Wolman v. Walter
• WORKPLACE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT
• Z
• Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District
• ZONE OF PERMISSIBLE ACCOMMODATION
• ZONING
• Zorach v. Clausen
• Religion and the Law: Primary Documents
• Introduction
• U.S. HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
• Colonial Charters
• State Constitutions
• Declaration of Independence*
• Bills and Legislation
• U.S. Federal Constitution
• Treaty of Tripoli, Article XI
• Blaine Amendment
• U.S. FEDERAL STATUTES
• Equal Access Act (summary)
• Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (summary)
• International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (summary)
• Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2649 (summary)
• UNITED NATIONS DOCUMENTS
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination on Religion or Belief
• Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic Religious and Linguistic Minorities
• HISTORICAL COMMENTARY
• John Winthrop, A Modell of Christian Charity
• Roger Williams, The Bloody Tenet of Persecution*
• Dutch West India Company, Flushing Remonstrance
• William Penn, The Great Case of Liberty of Conscience*
• Benjamin Franklin, Toleration
• Thomas Paine, Common Sense*
• Red Jacket, Speech to the Iroquois Six Nations
• Thomas Kennedy, Speech Seeking Equal Rights for the Jews of Maryland
• Justice Joseph Story, Commentaries on the U.S. Constitution*
• Francis Lieber, Civil Liberty and Self-Government
• CONTEMPORARY COMMENTARY
• Dwight Eisenhower, Speech on Back to God Program
• John F. Kennedy, Speech at Greater Houston Ministerial Association
• Martin Luther King, Letter from Birmingham City Jail
• I Have a Dream
• Patrick Buchanan, Speech at the 1992 Republican National Convention
• George W. Bush, Inaugural Address
• John F. Kerry, Speech on Faith and Values at Pepperdine University*
• Barack Obama, Call to Renewal Keynote Address
• Mitt Romney, Speech on Faith in America
• Hillary Rodham Clinton, Speech on Faith at Baptist Convention*
• * indicates excerpts
• CHRONOLOGY
• TABLE OF CASES
• TABLE OF STATUTES
• FOR FURTHER READING
• ABOUT THE AUTHOR
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS