Claude J. Burtenshaw

CLAUDE J. BURTENSHAW is a former vice president (1962-80) of Utah State University in Logan, where he is currently Professor Emeritus of Political Science.

Articles

The Student: His University and His Church

In an attempt to encourage wider reading about issues raised in a class discussion, I once suggested that the students read an article which I referred to as a philosophic analysis of the subject. After…

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One Nation Under Whose God? How Religion Was Excluded from the U.S. Political System

Recently returning from ten years of foreign service in the Middle East, a friend mentioned that he was frequently asked how the United States successfully excludes religion from politics. My friend noted that to Middle…

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From Morality to Politics

A few years ago during the Utah campaign against pari-mutuel betting, an LDS church leader justified his involvement by claiming that it was a moral issue. The implication was that church leaders have jurisdiction over…

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