Law, Religion, and Public Policy

Julia K. Stronks is Associate Professor of Political and International Studies at Whitworth College. She is the coauthor of Such a Cloud of Witnesses: When Christians Teach in Public Schools (1998).

• Part 1 The ProblemChapter 2 Two Hundred Years of Jurisprudential MessChapter 3 Guidance from the Supreme CourtPart 4 The Policy AreasChapter 5 Curriculum WarsChapter 6 Employment Practices of Religious InstitutionsChapter 7 Regulation and Funding of Social Service OrganizationsPart 8 What Does It Mean To Be Neutral?Chapter 9 What Part of Life is Religious?Chapter 10 Treating Beliefs Equally

Stronks helps clarify for readers (1) the different approaches to religion the Court has adopted, (2) their implications and consequences for judicial decision making, and (3) the ways such approaches have been applied in different subfields of public policy. . . . The volume provides valuable analysis and assessment.