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When Sacred and Secular Mix: Religious Nonprofit Organizations and Public Money (Religious Forces in the Modern Political World) - Softcover
Synopsis
Despite American's traditional emphasis on the separation of church and state, both in theory and practice, few are aware of the hundreds of millions of public dollars that flow annually to religiously based nonprofit organisations. Based on a nation-wide survey of nearly 800 such groups, Stephen V. Monsma's study explores the implications of this financial partnership. Although most religiously based groups currently receiving tax dollars do not compromise the autonomy of their religious beliefs, the author argues that the legal principles under which the Supreme Court has approved public funding has placed their religious freedom in a legally vulnerable position. The author develops a new legal principle, positive neutrality, that both justifies public funds going to religious nonprofit groups and draws boundaries between permissible and impermissible use of public funds. This text should be useful for anyone interested in the relationship between church and state.
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About the Author
Stephen V. Monsma is professor of political science and chair of the social science division at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.
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- PublisherRowman & Littlefield
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0847681831
- ISBN 13 9780847681839
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages224
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