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Informationen zum Autor Stephen V. Monsma is research fellow in the Paul Henry Institute at Calvin College and emeritus professor of political science at Pepperdine University. J. Christopher Soper is Blanche E. Seaver Professor of Political Science at Pepperdine University. Klappentext Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition! this essential text offers a rigorous! systematic comparison of church-state relations in the United States! Australia! the Netherlands! Germany! and England. Stephen V. Monsma and J. Christopher Soper examine the historical roots and contemporary strategies of the different approaches each government has taken. Providing clarity on the little-understood! evolving relationship between church and state in the West! this book provides an invaluable comparative analysis of a topic that is increasingly a source of profound political and social conflict. The authors persuasively argue that the United States can learn a great deal from other Western democracies in promoting religious neutrality and the free exercise of religion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: The United States: Strict Separation under Fire Chapter 2: The Netherlands: Principled Pluralism Chapter 3: Australia: Pragmatic Pluralism Chapter 4: England: Partial Establishment Chapter 5: Germany: Partnership and Autonomy Chapter 6: Church and State in Pluralistic Democracies
