Extra-Long (>70 mins)
Law
Unknown
McDonald Lecture: Separation of Church and State: There is No Wall
Theologian
John Witte
Duration
72.11
Uploaded to YouTube
18 July 2012
Added to Database
20 August 2025
YouTube description
CSLR Director John Witte advocated what he calls "an integrative theory of the First Amendment" that balances separation of church and state with the freedom of both private and public expressions of religion. He outlined five distinct understandings of church-state separation taught by the American founders and offered his views of how contemporary officials and judges are both adhering to or rejecting these original understandings, for better or worse.
