U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote in a court opinion that “The ‘wall of separation between church and state’ is a metaphor based on bad history … It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned.” In Wall of Misconception, Dr. Peter Lillback examines our nation’s historic understanding of and the founding fathers’ intention in the relationship of our Constitution to matters of faith, ethics, and morals, taking into account the historical and biblical context as well as the concept’s relation to today’s culture. This is both the layman’s and professional’s definitive guide to the separation of church and state and the separation of God and government.

Author  Peter A. Lillback is President of Westminster Theological Seminary, where he serves as Professor of Historical Theology, and is also Senior Pastor at Proclamation Presbyterian Church in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.