Separating Church and State: How the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union Led the Nation in Religious Liberty

Bruce J. Dierenfield

ISBN 10: 0966882873 / ISBN 13: 9780966882872

Published by Matt Stark, Friends of the Bill of Rights Foundation, 2024

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Synopsis:

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IS POSSIBLE ONLY WHEN DISTINCTION BETWEEN RELIGIOUS & GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS IS CLEARLY RECOGNIZED AND MAINTAINED.

About the Author:

Bruce J. Dierenfield, a Phi Bet Kappa graduate of St. Olaf College in Minnesota, is profesor emeritus of recent American history at Cnisius College, a Catholic Jesuit school in Buffalo, New York. Among other distinctions at Canisius, Dierenfield received the Kenneth L. Koessler Distinguished Faculty Award. Dierenfield previously taught at the University of Alabama. Purdue University, and Texans Woman's University. In addition, he was a senior Fulbright scholar in Germany and a visiting professor at the University of Helsinki in Finland and at China's Nanjing University, which operates a "joint-venture" in graduate education with Johns Hopkins University. Dierenfield has written or coauthored six other books, including the prize-winning The Battle over School Prayer (2007). For many years, Dierenfield belonged to the American Civil Liberties Union, and was a founder and president of the Western New York chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

Other Books by Bruce J. Dierenfield:

The Federal Role and Activities in Energy Research and Development, 1946-1980: An Historical Summary. (coauthor: Richard G. Hewlett). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983.

Keeper of the Rules: Congressman Howard W. Smith of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1987.

The Battle over School Prayer: How Engel v. Vitale Changed America. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2007.

The Civil Rights Movement. Seminar Studies in History. Harlow, England: Pearson Education, 1st ed., 2004, London, England: Routledge, 1st. rev. ed., 2008, 2nd 3e., Routledge, 2021.

A History of African-American Leadership. (coauthor: John White). 3rd edition. Harlow, England: Routledge, 2012.

Disability Rights and Religious Liberty in Education: The Story behind Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District. (coauthor: David A. Gerber). Disability Histories series. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2020.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Separating Church and State: How the ...
Publisher: Matt Stark, Friends of the Bill of Rights Foundation
Publication Date: 2024
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: good