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Church and State: Two Models
Author(s) -
Soper J. Christopher,
Monsma Stephen V.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1995.tb00633.x
Subject(s) - neutrality , state (computer science) , government (linguistics) , public administration , political science , law and economics , economics , political economy , sociology , law , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , computer science
This essay examines the similarities and differences in how Great Britain and the United States fund religiously affiliated schools and other nonprofit organizations. While each country has adopted a different model of church‐state relations, their actual policies tend to converge. This article contends that both nations' funding policies fall short of attaining complete government neutrality in supporting people of all faiths and those of none, and proposes an alternative policy that promotes a genuine neutrality.