Journal of Church and State articles from January 2000

Journal of Church and State archives from January 2000

The Slavophiles speak to America.
January 1, 2000... I In the aftermath of the shootings at Columbine High School and other such tragedies around the country, lawmakers of both parties have been proposing legislation designed to address the "moral deficit" in American society. Vice-President...

Substantive neutrality as a basis for free exercise-no establishment common ground.
January 1, 2000... The Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment are often seen as being in tension with each other. After all, if the Establishment Clause means government may not show special favor for religion, does not the Free Exercise...

Faith-based providers partnering with government: opportunity and temptation.
January 1, 2000... Faith-based social service providers are increasingly finding that they are eligible to apply for and receive grants or contracts from government sources but are uncertain about what strings may be attached to the funding or even if such...

Religious liberty and abortion policy: Casey as "Catch-22".
January 1, 2000... Like the hapless Yossarian and his fellow GI's in the closing days of World War II, women facing abortion regulations face a frustrating and often humiliating "Catch-22."(1) The movie version of the novel made the phrase an unforgettable and...

Catholic responses to the crisis of everyday life in Lima, Peru.
January 1, 2000... Since the end of the 1980s, Peru has undergone a dramatic political and economic transformation. The failure of traditional political parties to solve the country's deepening economic crisis and political violence led Peruvians, especially poor...

Religion and politics in Germany since 1945: The Evangelical and Catholic Churches.
January 1, 2000... Examining the nature of political opposition on the part of Christian ecclessiastical bodies in the twentieth century demonstrates that while churches have adapted to a variety of political systems, no church can compromise with the state when...

Religious liberty in Sweden: an overview.
January 1, 2000... In Sweden, the meaning of religious liberty--and the understanding of the need for it--has evolved considerably over time, and must be viewed in relation to the changes in society throughout Swedish history. To understand the development of...

The Sikh Diaspora: The Search for Statehood.(Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Sikh Diaspora: The Search for Statehood. By Darshan Singh Tatla. Seattle, Wash.: University of Washington Press, 1999. 327 pp. $22.00 paper. This book on the relationship between Sikhs in Britain, Canada, the USA, and the Punjab, India...

Church Under the Pressure of Stalinism: The Development of the Status and Activities of the Soviet Latvian Evangelical-Lutheran Church in 1944-1950.(Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Church Under the Pressure of Stalinism: The Development of the Status and Activities of the Soviet Latvian Evangelical-Lutheran Church in 1944-1950. By Jouko Talonen. Finland: Pohjois-Suoment Historiallinen Yhdistys, 1997. 376 pp. n.p. ...

Proselytism and Orthodoxy in Russia: The New Wars for Souls.(Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Proselytism and Orthodoxy in Russia: The New Wars for Souls. Edited by John Witte Jr. and Michael Bordeaux. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, 1999. 353 pp. $25.00. Proselytism and Orthodoxy in Russia is required reading for anyone interested in the...

Religion in Russia After the Collapse of Communism.(Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Religion in Russia after the Collapse of Communism. By Kimmo Kaariainen. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 1998. 201 pp. $79.95. Given that the Russian people suffered under a policy of "compulsory secularization" during the Soviet...

Religion and War in Bosnia.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Religion and the War in Bosnia. Edited by Paul Mojzes. Athens, Ga.: Scholars Press, 1998. 294 pp. n.p. As the multi-ethnic Yugoslavia unravelled, so too did the state's antireligious and antinationalist ideology. This ironically created a...

The Modern Papacy Since 1789.(Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Modern Papacy Since 1789. By Frank J. Coppa. New York: Longman, 1998. 296 pp. This book is a study of the institution of the papacy. Its main theme is the nature and dimension of papal authority. Its methodology is one of...

A History of the Popes: 1830-1914.(Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... A History of the Popes 1830-1914. By Owen Chadwick. [Oxford History of the Christian Church] Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. 614 pp. $135.00. During the past decade, there has been a resurgence of interest in the papacy. Indeed, 1997...

Redeeming the Time: A Political Theology of the Environment.(Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Redeeming the Time: A Political Theology of the Environment. By Stephen Bede Scharper. New York: Continuum, 1998. 240 pp. $24.95. In the introduction to Redeeming the Time, Steven Bede Scharper portrays our present global ecological...

Christian Thinking and Social Order: Conviction Politics from the 1930s to the Present Day.(Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Christian Thinking and Social Order: Conviction Politics from the 1930s to the Present Day. Edited by Marjorie Reeves. New York: Cassell, 1999. 238 pp. $27.95. From the mid-nineteenth century until the present, assemblies of Christian...

Eric Voegelin: In Quest of Reality.(Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Eric Voegelin: In Quest of Reality. By Thomas W. Heilke. Lanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1999. 191 pp. $60.00 cloth, $22.95 paper. Only now is Eric Voegelin (1901-1985) getting the respect he deserves. Though prolific in...

Religion and Liberalism.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Religion and Liberalism. Edited by Paul J. Weithman. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1997. 315 pages, n.p. "It is a shibboleth of contemporary American political analysis that religion and liberalism are mutually...

Slave Missions and the Black Church in the Antebellum South.(Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Slave Missions and the Black Church in the Antebellum South. By Janet Duitsman Cornelius. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1999. 305 pp. $34.95. One of the southern defenses of slavery was that God had delivered Africans...

Something Within: Religion in African-American Political Activism.(Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Something Within: Religion in African-American Political Activism. By Fredrick C. Harris. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. 227 pp. n.p. What has been the role played by African-American Christian churches in relationship to black...

The Creation/Evolution Controversy: A Battle for Cultural Power.(Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Creation/Evolution Controversy: A Battle for Cultural Power. By Kary Doyle Smout. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1998. 205 pp. $55.00. Kary Doyle Smout, using a poststructuralist perspective, analyzes a number of the major debates dealing...

Red-Hot and Righteous: The Urban Religion of the Salvation Army.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Red-Hot and Righteous: The Urban Religion of the Salvation Army. By Diane Winston. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1999. 289 pp. $27.95. An almost inescapable sign of the beginning of the Christmas season is the ringing of the...

School Prayer and Discrimination: The Civil Rights of Religious Minorities and Dissenters.(Review)
January 1, 2000... School Prayer and Discrimination: The Civil Rights of Religious Minorities and Dissenters. By Frank S. Ravitch. Boston, Mass.: Northeastern University Press, 1999. 268 pp. $50.00. Thinking outside of the box is seldom easy. As creatures of...

The Lord's University: Freedom and Authority at BYU.(Review)
January 1, 2000... The Lord's University: Freedom and Authority at BYU. By Bryan Waterman and Brian Kagel. Salt Lake City, Ut.: Signature Books, 1998. 474 pp. $19.95. Bryan Waterman and Brian Kagel provide an informative chronological journalistic narrative...

Growing up Religious: Christians and Jews and Their Journeys of Faith.(Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Growing Up Religious: Christians and Jews and Their Journeys of Faith. By Robert Wuthnow. Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, 1999. 249 pp. $27.50. In Growing Up Religious, Robert Wuthnow, director of Princeton University's Center for the Study...

Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment: Essential Rights and Liberties.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment: Essential Rights and Liberties. By John Witte Jr. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 2000. xiv + 379 pp. $75.00 cloth, $29.00 paper. Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment is a...

Gatherings in Diaspora: Religious Communities and the New Immigration.(Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Gatherings in Diaspora: Religious Communities and the New Immigration. Edited by R. Stephen Warner and Judith Wittner. Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press, 1998. 409 pp. n.p. Gatherings in Diaspora is a collection of vibrant and...

The Tao of Jesus: An Experiment in Inter-Traditional Understanding.(Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Tao of Jesus: An Experiment in Inter-Traditional Understanding. By Joseph A. Loya, O.S.A., Wan-Li Ho, and Chang-Shin Jih. New York/Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist Press, 1998. n.p. This is a gem of a little book tailored to the furtherance of...

NOTES ON CHURCH-STATE AFFAIRS.
January 1, 2000... AFGHANISTAN The United Nations Security Council voted on 15 October 1999 to impose limited economic sanctions on Afghanistan if it did not hand over Saudi businessman and alleged terrorist Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden is a suspect in the...

RECENT DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS IN CHURCH AND STATE.
January 1, 2000... EDUCATION Burchett, Bonnie Lou, Ed.D. "The Role of Values in Higher Education: A Case Study of Two Higher Education Institutions." East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1999. 209pp. Jones, Thomas G., Ed.D. "Religion...

BOOKS RECEIVED.
January 1, 2000... Amery, Jean and John D. Barlow, trans. On Suicide: A Discourse on Voluntary Death. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1999. 216pp. $19.95. Appleby, R. Scott. The Ambivalence of the Sacred: Religion, Violence, and Reconciliation....