by dierenfb | Aug 28, 2024 | Staff
Professor Emeritus of History Bruce Dierenfield, PhD, recently authored a 436-page book entitled Separating Church and State: How the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union Led the Nation in Religious Liberty. The book was published by the Friends of the Bill of Rights Foundation. It focuses on such topics as school prayer, deprogramming of “cult” members, government aid to religious institutions, and religious discrimination against incarcerated Native Americans and members of Hare Krishna over the half century since 1952.
by dierenfb | Jan 19, 2022 | Faculty
Choice magazine named Dr. Bruce Dierenfield’s co-authored book, Disability Rights and Religious Liberty in Education: The Story Behind Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District, an “Outstanding Academic Title” for 2021. This book was published by the University of Illinois Press as part of its Disability Histories series.
Dierenfield, a professor emeritus of history, has written seven books and received several other awards and prizes for his scholarship.
Submitted by: Bruce Dierenfield, professor emeritus, History
