JACKSON, Tenn. — Feb. 24, 2016 — Author and professor Daniel Dreisbach will lecture on Thomas Jefferson and the separation of church at state Feb. 25 at 51社区.
Dreisbach鈥檚 principal research interests include American constitutional law and history, First Amendment law, church-state relations and criminal procedure. He is a professor in the department of justice, law and criminology at American University in Washington, D.C., and is the author 鈥淭homas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State鈥� and co-editor of 鈥淭he Sacred Rights of Conscience鈥� and 鈥淭he Forgotten Founders on Religion and Public Life.鈥�
His lecture, entitled 鈥淗ow Thomas Jefferson鈥檚 鈥榃all of Separation鈥� Redefined Religion鈥檚 Place in American Public Life,鈥� will begin at 5 p.m. in Coburn Dining Hall in the Barefoot Student Union Building. It is free and open to the public.