Introduction
1. How to Describe a Wall
2. The Legal Basics
3. Handling Snakes
4. Disestablishment
5. Drafting the Bill of Rights
6. Legal Misfits in America: Jews, Catholics, and Latter-day Saints
7. Two’s Company, Three’s a Crime
8. Historical Interlude: The Irish and the Know-Nothings
9. Bible Wars
10. Separation of Church and School
11. Making a Federal Case Out of It: The Jehovah’s Witnesses
12. The Sin in Sincerity
13. Lemony Thicket: Modern Rules About Establishment
14. Sherbert and Yoder: Religious Freedom and the Limits of the Law
15. The Smith Case: The Peyote Road and the First Amendment
16. The Religious Freedom Restoration Act
17. RLUIPA and the Case of Jehovah v. Clarke
18. If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them
19. Going to and Fro: Religion on Display
20. The New Sanctuary Movement
21. Separation of Church and Politics
22. Conclusions
Bibliography