When Sacred and Secular Mix

Religious Nonprofit Organizations and Public Money

By:

Stephen V. Monsma

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Religious Forces in the Modern Political World

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Despite America'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 organizations. 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.

Author Biography:

Stephen V. Monsma is professor of political science and chair of the Social Science Division at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. He is the author of several books on religion and politics, including Positive Neutrality: Letting Religious Freedom Ring.

Release date Australia

July 26th, 2000

Author

Stephen V. Monsma

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

256

Series

Religious Forces in the Modern Political World

Dimensions

141x220x13

ISBN-13

9780742508187

Product ID

7575153

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