The Horn Book Guide

RELIGION

Gaustad, Edwin S.

Church and State in America

176 pp. | Oxford | May, 2003 | Library ISBN 0-19-516738-4 $$28.00
1999

(3) YA Religion in American Life series. With only minor revisions in the text, sidebars, and black-and-white photos, this edition remains a clearly written survey of the history of church-state legal issues in America. The chapters on the colonies, the founding of the country, and the nineteenth century are unchanged; chapters on the twentieth century and the future are only minimally updated. Reading list, timeline. Ind.

Reviewer: Jack Forman