Should the wall of separation between church and state be permeable or inviolable? This question has been hotly contested since the nation's founding and contentious debates persist today. With a collection of the most significant documents and an introduction by Clarke E. Cochran that provides the historical context of the debate, prominent scholars Mary Segers and Ted Jelen debate the impact of organized religion on the democratic process, examine its influence on political discourse, an...

Sheed & Ward, in partnership with Commonweal magazine, presents the second of two volumes in the groundbreaking series, American Catholics in the Public Square, a project funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Essays by scholars, journalists, lawyers, business and labor leaders, church administrators and lobbyists, novelists, activists, policy makers and politicians address the most critical issues facing the Catholic Church in the United States. Volume 2, American Catholics, American Cultur...

We had a great deal of help in producing this book. Lyman Kellstedt of the American Political Science Association's Special Section on Religion and Politics allowed us to try out our ideas on a panel at the association's 1990 meeting in San Francisco. Paul Weber and John Francis Burke offered helpful suggestions at that session . Amy Eisenberg and Deborah Rich at Westview Press were helpful and supportive throughout. A. David Lynch of the City College of New York and Murray Karstadt of Rut...

The essays presented here draw from the Soviet Interview Project's evidence of the internal condition of the CPSU party during the "era of stagnation" and its role, influence, and impact on the operation of legal and economic institutions and state bureaucracies.

Piety, Politics, and Pluralism skillfully confronts the question: Is liberal democracy hostile to religion or is it compatible with the rights of believers? Prominent scholars analyze the controversy about religious freedom by examining two areas at the intersection of religion and politics in contemporary American society: the Supreme Court's 1990 decision in Oregon v. Smith and the events of the 2000 presidential campaign. Their essays remind us that in an increasingly pluralist...

As the seasons change, so turns the tide of time. But what if you could ride its waves to distant, forgotten worlds?Take a journey with these seven authors from ancient Rome to the Revolutionary War and beyond into the future as their characters are tossed, thrown, and leap into time traveling adventures.Featuring Authors:Rebecca Henely-WeissKate SegerLore NicoleThomas Van BoeningC.J. FerrellLinda Marie Pankow...

Incredible is the only word I can use to describe what being a dad means to me. Its filled with ups, downs, and all sorts of insanity. Within these covers are short memories and crazy times of a young father with his two small boys. We laugh and we cry, but at the end of each night, we love each other more than we did the day before. All the credit in the world goes to my wife who is by far the best person I have ever met and the glue that holds our family together. Shes a saint. But I gue...