Church and State: Something Less than Separation

On block of something less than a bundle branch, or of something more.

Church-State Separation, Healthcare Policy, and Religious Liberty

this paper sketches a framework for the separation of church and state and, with the framework in view, indicates why a government’s maintaining such separation poses challenges for balancing two major democratic ideals: preserving equality before the law and protecting liberty, including religious liberty. the challenge is particularly complex where healthcare is either provided or regulated b...

Competing Enlightenment Visions of the Separation of Church and State

The Separation of Church and Self

Is something better than nothing?

In July 2000 I spent 3 weeks in Haiti on a medical student elective. Eager to work in a new country and experience a new culture, I’d read about Haitian culture and history. This was my first exposure to medicine outside of North America. People warned me: “Haiti? Be careful! You can’t trust anyone there! They’re so poor, they’ll take anything they can get their hands on!” I was confident commo...