AUTHOR

Dr. John Farina

Dr. John Farina is a professor of religion and society, law and religion, American religious history and the history of Western spirituality. He holds degrees from Vassar College (B.A.), Yale University (M. Div.), Columbia University (Ph.D.) and New York University School of Law (J.D.).

The Origins of Our First Amendment—the Province of Religion Versus the State

As difficult as some of these cases may be, courts have usually sided with the church and with the Lockean ideas. The church, not the state, distinguishes between human actions based on their religious motivation or lack thereof.

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