Twenty-Five Years of Law and Religion Scholarship: Some Reflections

Abstract

In this address, the author describes some of the significant movements in law and religion scholarship over the past twenty-five years, including the dialogue between traditional church-state and international human rights scholars and outside scholars, including those writing from within American minority faith traditions.

Keywords: law and religion, legal, religion, religious, church and state, international human rights, minority, faith, scholarship, secular, political, historical, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, RFRA, non-discrimination, pluralistic, God, America, constitution, prophetic, theological, ethical, church

JEL Classification: K00, K39, K3, Z1