Robert Sutherland Alley
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Dr. Robert Sutherland Alley | |
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| Born | 5 January 1932 Richmond, Virginia, United States |
| Died | 14 August 2006 (aged 74) Henrico County, Virginia, United States |
| Education | BA University of Richmond B.D. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary MA Princeton University PhD Princeton University |
| Occupations | professor, Author |
Robert Sutherland Alley was an American author and university professor of religion, he worked at the University of Richmond.[1] He later went on to be the head of the schools Religion Department. He published and worked on many books in that time including:[2][3]
- Revolt Against the Faithful; A Biblical Case for Inspiration as Encounter (1970)
- The Producer's Medium: Conversations with Creators of American TV (1983)
- James Madison on Religious Liberty (1985)
- The Supreme Court on Church and State (1988)
- Love Is All Around: The Making of the Mary Tyler Moore Show (1989)
- Murphy Brown: Anatomy of a Sitcom (1990)
- School Prayer (1994)
- Without a Prayer (1996)
- Women Television Producers (2002)
Robert Sutherland Alley was born in 1932 to Dr. Reuben Edward Alley and Mary Sutherland in Richmond, Virginia.
He died on August 14, 2006 in Henrico County, Virginia.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Robert S. Alley – Author Profile". SecularHumanism.org. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ "Read All About It: Books On School Prayer listing Without a Prayer by Robert S. Alley". Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ "School Prayer: The Court, the Congress, and the First Amendment by Robert S. Alley". Journal of Church and State review. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ Robertson, Ellen (2006-08-15). "Church-state expert Robert Alley dies". Richmond Times-Dispatch. pp. B3. Retrieved 2026-04-08 – via Newspapers.com.