Nathan C. Walker, The First Amendment and State Bans on Teachers’ Religious Garb. New York: Routledge,  2019.

“… a masterfully meticulous treatment of the relevant law and literature, the factual context, and a concluding legal analysis.”

Walker’s “command of the germane material—legal, historical, and even philosophical—is simply extraordinary.”

More than a legal argument, the book is a sweeping account of the nature of public education within a liberal democracy—its proper purposes and limitations…”

Walker’s “argument is a complex one, but written in the kind of accessible, jargon-free prose that should be digestible for even the layperson.”

“A thorough, magisterial account of a timely and historically important legal debate.”

~ Kirkus Reviews

Michael D. Waggoner and Nathan C. Walker, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Education. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. Foreword by Martin E. Marty.

Waggoner and Walker “have accomplished an impressive feat by bringing order to this topic without sacrificing scope.”

This Oxford Handbook “can be thought of as a map or guidebook to the places where religion and American education intersect: It examines the legal issues and best practices for teaching about and creating space for religious practice in public education settings. It raises philosophical debates over how to educate a religiously diverse population for citizenship in a religiously diverse world. It explores the nature of private religious instruction. And it covers these topics with works spanning from kindergarten through graduate school.”

“I recommend it highly.”

~ Reading Religion

Nathan C. Walker & Edwin J. Greenlee, eds., Whose God Rules? Is the United States a Secular Nation or a Theolegal Democracy? New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. Foreword by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Walker coins the term “theolegal democracy” to define a political system that allows public officials to use theology in its democratic process to shape law without instituting an official state religion.

Whose God Rules? “is a provocative and pioneering effort to rethink the complex relation of religion and the state in the American past and present. Don’t miss it!” ~ Cornel West

“This erudite book… is sure to provoke an interesting and renewed debate about the relationship of religion and politics.” ~ Leslie Griffin

“An illuminating new frame to revitalize the stale debate over church-state separation” Walker and Greenlee “presents a feast for the intellect that challenges us all to become better citizens.”

~ The late Forrest Church

Lyal S. Sunga and Nathan C. Walker, Freedom of Religion or Belief through Law: Current Dilemmas and Lessons Learned, Rome, Italy: IDLO, 2014/2016.

Presented at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome, Italy.

Nathan C. Walker, Cultivating Empathy: The Worth and Dignity of Every Person—Without Exception. Boston, MA: Skinner House Press, 2016.

In November 2016, Publishers Weekly listed Cultivating Empathy as one of the top “six books for a post-election spiritual detox.”

Nathan C. Walker, Exorcising Preaching: Crafting Intellectually Honest Worship. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2014. www.ExorcisingPreaching.com

“Nate Walker is boldly creative—a visionary, on-the-edge kind of thinker.” – Rev. Meg Riley, Senior Minister Church of the Larger Fellowship