| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Constitutional Provisions on the Subject of Religion | 第11-23页 |
| ·Political views of the Founders on religion | 第11-14页 |
| ·The Establishment Clause | 第14-17页 |
| ·The Free-exercise Clause | 第17-19页 |
| ·Tension between the two clauses | 第19-21页 |
| ·Fundamental principles established by the two clauses | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter Two Forces toward the Separation Principle | 第23-31页 |
| ·The Great Awakening paving the way | 第23-26页 |
| ·Protestant ethos and Lockean deism: source of separation | 第26-29页 |
| ·Historical factors | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Three American Pattern of Separation between Church and State | 第31-41页 |
| ·Partial separation | 第31-32页 |
| ·Reasons for partial separation | 第32-36页 |
| ·Inevitable interaction between church and state | 第36-41页 |
| Chapter Four School, Religion and the Supreme Court: A Case Study | 第41-48页 |
| ·The Supreme Court, school and religion | 第41-43页 |
| ·Zorach V. Clauson | 第43-48页 |
| Conclusion | 第48-51页 |
| Bibliography | 第51-54页 |