pt. 1. Debating the public role of religion. In defense of religious minimalism / Ted G. Jelen -- In defense of religious freedom / Mary C. Segers -- pt. 2. Readings. Thomas Jefferson, reply to Danbury Baptist Association, January 1, 1801 -- Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1781-1782 -- Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty, 1786 -- James Madison, "A memorial and remonstrance on the religious rights of man, " 1784 -- U.S. Constitution, First Amendment, 1791 -- U.S. Constitution, Article VI, 1787 -- John F. Kennedy, "Remarks on church and state, " delivered to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, September 12, 1960 -- Mario M. Cumo, "Religious belief and public morality : a Catholic governor's perspective, " address at the University of Notre Dame, September 13, 1984 -- Selected Supreme Court cases : Everson v. Board of Education of Ewing Township, 330 U.S. 1 (1947) -- Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971) -- Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990).