Center for Church/State Studies
Director: Rev.Craig Mousin; co-director, Katherine Dutenhaver

Telephone: 312/362-8707; 312/362-6598
Fax: 312/362-5706
Email: Rev. Craig Mousin
Web site: Center for Church/State Studies


DePaul's Center for Church/State Studies encourages and supports informed debate over the liberties and protections of the First Amendment for the benefit of the public. Through national conferences and other gatherings, our non-denominational center brings together America's secular and religious communities to debate the role of religion in public life. Founded over a decade ago, the Center has a three-fold mission: First, to encourage the participation of religious leaders and religious liberty scholars in the public marketplace of ideas; second, to enhance public understanding of the historical and substantive theories of First Amendment jurisprudence; and third, to examine the pragmatic realities of the relationship between church and state in ways that will be helpful to both.