New Monograph Traces Limits On Government Funding of Religion

The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life announced yesterday that it has issued a new report titled: Shifting Boundaries: The Establishment Clause and Government Funding of Religious Schools and Other Faith-Based Organizations. The 18-page monograph traces the history-- beginning in the 18th century-- of public funding of religious activity and the development of legal principles restricting funding. This is the fifth in a series of reports issued by the Pew Forum, beginning in 2007, under the label: "Religion & the Supreme Court: The Pillars of Church-State Law."