Frederick Gedicks
Frederick Mark Gedicks (born May 17, 1953) is an expert on religion and law, especially the role of religion in public life. He is a professor of law at the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University (BYU).
[edit] Biography
Gedicks received his bachelors degree in economics from BYU. He then earned his JD from the University of Southern California.
Gedicks is a full-fledged supporter of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and has condemned the Rehnquist Court for not placing any limits on government power.[1]
Gedicks has written two books. One is The Rhetoric of Church and State: A Critical Analysis of Religious Law Jurisprudence. (Durham: Duke University Press, 1995). The other is Choosing the Dream: The future of Religion in American Public Life written with Roger Hendrix.
Gedicks is an active Latter-day Saint, however he rejects the use of the government to promote religion.[2]
Gedicks currently holds the Guy Anderson Chair at the J. Reuben Clark Law School.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Gedicks, Frederick Mark (July 29, 1991). "Don't Curb Free Exercise of Religion". Deseret News. http://archive.deseretnews.com/archive/174870/DONT-CURB-FREE-EXERCISE-OF-RELIGION.html. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ Moore, Carrie A. (June 9, 2001). "Ogden shalt keep fighting about Ten Commandments". Deseret News. http://archive.deseretnews.com/archive/847160/Ogden-shalt-keep-fighting-about-Ten-Commandments.html. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
[edit] Sources
- "2 BYU professors named to chairs in law school". Deseret News. October 25, 2005. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,635155977,00.html. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- "Public Life and Hostility to Religion" by Frederick Mark Gedicks in Virginia Law Review, Vol. 78, No. 3 (Apr., 1992), pp. 671-696, author intro.
