Separation of Church and State

PPOG 500

R

ESEARCH AND

W

RITING

A

SSIGNMENT

“S

EPARATION OF

C

HURCH AND

S

TATE

”

I

NSTRUCTIONS

The assigned Reading and Study

focused on the effective use of high

–

quality sources to support

your analyses. On

e

national public policy debate that often implicates a variety of different

sources of differing quality and veracity

,

and with varying degrees of logical consistency and

historical fidelity

,

is the issue of “separation of church and s

tate.” In this

R

esea

rch and

W

riting

A

ssignment, you are required to research the historical

origins and contemporary understanding

of the common phrase “separation of church and s

tate” and write a 3

–

5

–

page research paper,

citing 5

–

7

scholarly

sources to support your analysis

.

Note that an exploration of contemporary

understandings of church/state relations requires attention to conflicting interpretations of the

Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Historical, legal

and academic source

s are appropriate sources for this assignment.

*

Please follow Turabian Author

–

Date style for this research paper.

*These types of sources may be accessed through the LU Falwell Library online catalog

“Summon” using the Advanced Search tool. Also valuable is a Government research

guide

offered by the library at

https://www.liberty.edu/library/research

–

guides/

. Note that your best

scholarly sources will often be academic journal articles, law databases such as

Lexis

–

Nexis,

historical documents and surveys

, and official government websites

such as

http://www.supremecourt.gov/

.

PPOG 500

RESEARCH AND WRITING ASSIGNMENT

“SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE”

INSTRUCTIONS

The assigned Reading and Study focused on the effective use of high-quality sources to support

your analyses. One national public policy debate that often implicates a variety of different

sources of differing quality and veracity, and with varying degrees of logical consistency and

historical fidelity, is the issue of “separation of church and state.” In this Research and Writing

Assignment, you are required to research the historical origins and contemporary understanding

of the common phrase “separation of church and state” and write a 3–5-page research paper,

citing 5–7 scholarly sources to support your analysis. Note that an exploration of contemporary

understandings of church/state relations requires attention to conflicting interpretations of the

Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Historical, legal

and academic sources are appropriate sources for this assignment.*

Please follow Turabian Author-Date style for this research paper.

*These types of sources may be accessed through the LU Falwell Library online catalog

“Summon” using the Advanced Search tool. Also valuable is a Government research guide

offered by the library at https://www.liberty.edu/library/research-guides/ . Note that your best

scholarly sources will often be academic journal articles, law databases such as Lexis-Nexis,

historical documents and surveys, and official government websites such as

http://www.supremecourt.gov/ .