Annotated Bibliography

The Separation of Church and State
1. Audi, Robert. “The Separation of Church and State and the Obligations of Citizens.” Philosophy and Public Affairs 18.3 (1989): 259-296. JSTOR. 05 Oct. 2009 <http://www.jstor.org/stable/2265345?&Search=yes&term=citizen&term=%22separation+of+church+and+state%22&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3D%2522separation%2Bof%2Bchurch%2Band%2Bstate%2522%2Bcitizen%26gw%3Djtx%26prq%3Dseparation%2Bof%2Bchurch%2BAND%2Bstate%2Bcitizen%26Search%3DSearch%26hp%3D25%26wc%3Don&item=5&ttl=1697&returnArticleService=showArticle>

This article states the separation of church and as what the government strives for. It then speaks about how great care must be taken to achieve this and how if not careful, the government could mistakenly fail to uphold this. In my argument, I will use this to demonstrate how many actions done by the government are questionable as far as whether or not they really are secular. This will ultimately uphold my thesis that the government does not uphold the separation of church and state and well as it should.
2. Schoenfeld, William. “Separation of Church and State: A Policy or a Principle?” The North American Review 189.642 (1909): 662-674. JSTOR. 05 Oct. 2009 <http://www.jstor.org/stable/25106351?&Search=yes&term=citizen&term=%22separation+of+church+and+state%22&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3D%2522separation%2Bof%2Bchurch%2Band%2Bstate%2522%2Bcitizen%26gw%3Djtx%26prq%3Dseparation%2Bof%2Bchurch%2BAND%2Bstate%2Bcitizen%26Search%3DSearch%26hp%3D25%26wc%3Don&item=2&ttl=1697&returnArticleService=showArticle>.
This is an analysis of the separation of church and state written by a reverend. In this article, he agrees with the principle of the separation of church and state. However, he also expresses disapproval over much of the religious discrimination. He also claims that the separation of church and state if upheld as a policy must be upheld in principle also. This will be used for pointing out flaws in the governmental execution of the separation of church and state.
3. “Sunday Blue Laws.“ The Virginia Law Register. 7.1 (1921): 1-8. JSTOR. 05 Oct. 2009 <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1106383?&Search=yes&term=%22blue+laws%22&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoAdvancedSearch%3Fq0%3D%2522blue%2Blaws%2522%26f0%3Dall%26c0%3DAND%26q1%3D%26f1%3Dall%26c1%3DAND%26q2%3D%26f2%3Dall%26c2%3DAND%26q3%3D%26f3%3Dall%26wc%3Don%26Search%3DSearch%26sd%3D%26ed%3D%26la%3D%26jo%3D&item=2&ttl=773&returnArticleService=showArticle>.
This article upholds the Sunday Blue Laws. It claims that although man must not discriminate against others based on religion, there is a divine obligation. I believe that the Blue Laws violate the Separation of Church and State Doctrine. Therefore this will be useful when showing and accrediting the opposing side of the argument. However, I must refute then proceed to refute the opposing side.
4. Johnson, Alvin and Frank Yost. Separation of Church and State in the United States. 2nd ed. Minnesota: University of Minnesota, 1948.
This book provides a plethora of information regarding the separation of church and state. It thoroughly discusses 20 different issues that stem directly from the doctrine of the separation of church and state. This book will be quite useful as I plan to include discussions on real life issues as well as an ideological discussion.

5. Morgan, Richard. The Supreme Court and Religion. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1972.
This book discusses the influence of the doctrine of the separation of church and state and landmark Supreme Court cases in our nation’s history. This will prove useful as it will allow me to examine precisely how the Supreme Court acts on issues related to the separation of church and state in a variety of areas such as prayer in schools. For each course, I will then analyze whether the Supreme Court was effective, or whether a different course of action should have been taken.

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<http://www.abanet.org/publiced/conversations/constitution/images/estreligion_starter3.gif>. This image shows how the Supreme Court is frustrating religious people.
This most likely goes along with the opposing side of my argument. Therefore I will show it when presenting the opposing side but follow by refuting the idea that religion should not interfere with governmental activity.



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This cartoon humorously pokes fun at the failure of the church and state to remain separate. This cartoon can be used to show my thesis about the failure of the government to uphold the separation of church and state. The humor in this will also help to draw the attention of the reader.

Here lie many sources I had thought about using in my paper along with my opinions on how they could be used effectively. Ultimately, however, I used many sources not present here, and there were also many sources here that I decided not to use.