Note on Capitalization
Note to European Readers
Introduction. The Definite Article
Chapter 1. The Church Makes an Appearance:
Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC Chapter 2. “The Mother of Religion”: The Church Property Cases
Chapter 3.
Hobby Lobby: The Church, the State, and the Corporation
Chapter 4. The Body of Christ in Blackface
Conclusion. The Church-in-law Otherwise
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
Mathew Scherer, author of Beyond Church and State: Democracy, Secularism, and Conversion
“Church State Corporation investigates the current state of the particularly American field of ‘disestablished’ religion, sweeps aside shopworn discussions of secularization, and draws deeply on theological traditions to confidently map the intersections of law and religion that support so many features of collective life. The erudition on display in Sullivan’s work is stunning, the argumentation laser-sharp, and the question being pursued is original and important.”
Leora Batnitzky, author of How Judaism Became a Religion: An Introduction to Modern Jewish Thought
“Church State Corporation will fundamentally refigure conversations about religious establishment in the US. Sullivan’s argument is both admirably urgent and nonpartisan. Anyone concerned with the legal status of religion in both American and international law needs to read this book.”
Robert Orsi, author of History and Presence
"In trenchant and gripping prose, Sullivan charts how the ambiguous American ideal of ‘religious freedom’ became the jurisprudential ground on which the unholy trinity of contemporary US society—church/state/corporation—was constructed. Each chapter is a revelation, inviting a fundamental rethinking of the fate of religion in the US public sphere. Sullivan’s call for attention to religious practice and imagination beyond the limits of the ‘religion’ that is legally ‘free’ is a powerful challenge to all interested in the intersection of religion and politics."
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