Week 3: The (Messy) Relationship Between Church and State

Tuesday, September 9

• Gorski, Philip S. 2019. “The Civil Religious Tradition and Its Rivals.” In American Covenant: A History of Civil Religion from the Puritans to the Present. Princeton: Princeton University Press. (Chapter 1)

• Gorski, Philip S. 2019. “The Hebraic Moment: The New England Puritans.” In American Covenant: A History of Civil Religion from the Puritans to the Present. Princeton: Princeton University Press. (Chapter 2)

Thursday, September 11

• Bellah, Robert N. 1967. “Civil Religion in America.” Daedalus 96 (1): 1–21.

• Davis, Derek H. 2001. “Separation, Integration, and Accommodation: Religion and State in America in a Nutshell.” Journal of Church and State 43: 5-17