Journal of Church and State articles from September 2002

Journal of Church and State archives from September 2002

The Russian Orthodox Church and the future of Russia.(Editorial)
September 22, 2002... The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990 resulted in much more than a political crisis. It also caused the collapse of Russia's social foundations, creating a vacuum that might be filled by any number of possible ideologies. The atheistic,...

Adopting "In God We Trust" as the U.S. national motto.
September 22, 2002... The United States was the first nation to adopt the doctrine of church-state separation, placing constitutional constraints on how much government may assist or endorse religion. Although the First Amendment provides that Congress "shall make...

The Bush faith-based initiative: the Catholic response.
September 22, 2002... Prior to the attack on the World Trade Center on 11 September, one of the major policy priorities of President George W. Bush was the government funding of faith-based initiatives. He recognized the social and charitable efforts of religious...

Taking the "public" out of our schools: the political, constitutional and civic implications of private school vouchers.
September 22, 2002... "School choice" is the most contentious issue in American public education today. Traditionally, children attending public elementary and secondary schools have been required to attend a particular school in their district, regardless of the...

Chinese law and the international protection of religious freedom.
September 22, 2002... In China, all religions have equal status and coexist in tranquility. Religious disputes are unknown in China. Religious believers and non-believers respect each other, are united and have a harmonious relationship. --His Excellency Bishop...

The politics of Catholic education in Zambia: 1891-1964.
September 22, 2002... The Catholic Church as represented by the White Fathers (today known as Missionaries of Africa) arrived in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia today (1)) in 1891. Until the arrival of the first Jesuits in 1905, they were the sole Catholics in the...

Mastering the methods of manipulation: who really won the Marian propaganda wars?(religious pamphleteers during the reign of Mary Tudor)
September 22, 2002... The Tudor monarchy's monopoly of printing--which had peaked in the 1530s when Thomas Cromwell sponsored writers to promote both the royal supremacy as well as the corresponding obligation of political obedience--ended at least temporarily with...

Crossing the Gods: World Religions and Worldly Politics.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2002... By N.J. Demerath III. New Brunswick: N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2001. 284 pp. $28.00. Here is a comparative and historical study of religion and politics in the life of fourteen countries, stretching around the world from Latin...

Religious Fundamentalisms and the Human Rights of Women.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Edited by Courtney W. Rowland. New York: Palgrave Publishers, 2001. 326 pp. $24.95 paper. This book examines the challenge that religious fundamentalist movements are posing for women's equality and liberty rights around the world. It...

Evangelicals and Politics in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... By Paul Freston. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 334 pp. $59.95. The study of evangelicals and politics in the developing world has long been plagued by a shortage of high-quality comparable data. Paul Freston sets out to...

The Development of Education in Hong Kong: 1841-1897, As Revealed by the Early Education Reports of the Hong Kong Government, 1848-1896.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... By Gillian Bickley. Hong Kong: The Local Printing Press, Ltd., 2002. 632 pp. np. One hundred and fifty-five years ago, Hong Kong began a transition period as a British colony after the end of the First Opium War. In this volume, Gillian...

The Cossacks and Religion in Early Modern Ukraine.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... By Serhii Plokhy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. 401 pp. $74.00. Serhii Plokhy's book has much in common with a study situated at the other end of Europe: Marcus Tanner's Ireland's Holy Wars. In both, the story of how a group with...

Ramus and Reform: University and Church at the End of the Renaissance.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2002... By James Veazie Skalnik. Kirksville, Mo.: Truman University Press, 2002. 172 pp. np. Over the past four hundred years, Ramist methodology has attracted much more scholarly attention than its progenitor, Petrus Ramus (1515-1572). Like any...

Divine Sovereignty: The Origins of Modern State Power.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... By Daniel Engster. Dekalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press, 2001. 257 pages. $42.00. In presenting the history of Western political theory, it has become convenient to divide this history into the "ancients vs. moderns" or the...

Lord Salisbury's World: Conservative Environments in Late-Victorian Britain.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... By Michael Bentley. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 334 pp. np. The years 1999-2001 have been for the historical recognition of Robert Cecil, third Marquis of Salisbury, truly anni mirabiles. Michael Bentley's Lord...

The Politics of Spirit: The Political Implications of Pentecostalized Religion in Costa Rica and Guatemala.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... By Timothy J. Steigenga. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2001. 201 pp. np. The inspiration for this study is the recent rapid expansion of evangelical Protestantism, particularly Pentecostalism, in Central and Latin America and the...

God and Mammon: Protestants, Money, and the Market, 1790-1860.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Edited by Mark A. Noll. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. np. In God and Mammon: Protestants, Money, and the Market, 1790-1860, evangelical scholar Mark Noll has brought together contributions from several talented authors who...

Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... By Stephen R. Haynes. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. 313 pp. $29.95. In Noah's Curse, Stephen Haynes has fashioned a painfully confused attempt at historical analysis. The book focuses on chapters 9-11 in the Book of Genesis and...

Spiritual but Not Religious: Understanding Unchurched America.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... By Robert C. Fuller. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. 212 pp. $25.00. Robert C. Fuller has provided his readers with a unique and thorough synthesis of those American spiritual traditions which stand outside of the mainstream of...

Lift High the Cross: Where White Supremacy and the Christian Right Converge.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... By Ann Burlein. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2002. 282 pp. $18.95. Ann Burlein draws from social and psychoanalytic theory to craft a penetrating and original study of the Christian Right in the United States. Her analysis focuses...

The Resilience of Conservative Religion: The Case of Popular, Conservative Protestant Congregations.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... By Joseph B. Tamney. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. 275 pp. $65.00 cloth; $23.00 paper. In the fall of 2001 a small Christian school in Dallas, Texas, suffered an institutional split. Both sides in the dispute comprised...

Getting over Equality: A Critical Diagnosis of Religious Freedom in America.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... By Steven D. Smith. New York: New York University Press, 2001. x + 214 pp. $40.00. Steven D. Smith wants to convince us that the theoretical way that legal scholars and church-state advocates think about issues of religious liberty is...

Rawls and Religion: The Case for Political Liberalism.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... By Donald A. Dombrowski. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 2001. 192 pp. $19.95. How can individuals disagreeing over the most important and comprehensive issues of life live together harmoniously in a stable society? John...

Selected Book Reviews: The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin, vol. 13 .(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Edited by Jodi Cockerell and Barry Cooper. Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, 2001. 209 pp., $34.95; and Vol. 14: Order and History, Vol. 1: Israel and Revelation. Edited by Maurice P. Morgan. Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri...

Mysticism and Social Transformation.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Edited by Janet K. Ruffing. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 2001. 220 pp. $24.95. This collection of essays challenges the modern philosophical construction that artificially separates and obscures the relationship "between...