Chuch and State

 
Church & State: Lutheran Perspectives was published in April 2003. The book is edited by John R. Stumme and Robert W. Tuttle, Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School, and is published by Augsburg Fortress, Publishers.

The book is the result of a Department for Studies project that brought together theologians, constitutional experts, and a professor of social work to explore both the Lutheran tradition and the legal contexts of church and state relations. The book takes up perennial and current issues in church and state relationships in the United States. Mary Jane Haemig, Gary M. Simpson, Stumme, and Susan Kosche Vallem write on perspectives and contributions from the Lutheran tradition. Myles C. Stenshoel, Marie Failinger, and Tuttle consider constitutional questions.

Church & State: Lutheran Perspectives
Table of Contents

Preface
John R. Stumme and Robert W. Tuttle
Part I: The Tradition Revisited

1. The Confessional Basis of Lutheran Thinking on Church-State Issues, Mary Jane Haemig

2. Toward a Lutheran “Delight in the Law of the Lord”: Church and State in the Contexts of Civil Society, Gary Simpson

3. A Lutheran Tradition on Church and State, John R. Stumme

4. Promoting the General Welfare: Lutheran Social Ministry, Susan Kosche Vallem

Part II
The Legal Contexts of Church-State Interaction

5. Religious Liberty: A Constitutional Quest, Myles Stenshoel

6. We Must Spare No Diligence: The State and Childhood Education, Marie Failinger

7. Love Thy Neighbor: Churches and Land Use Regulation, Robert W. Tuttle