Religious Freedom and the Constitution / / Lawrence G. Sager, Christopher L. Eisgruber.

Religion has become a charged token in a politics of division. Religious Freedom and the Constitution offers practical, moderate, and appealing terms for the settlement of many hot-button issues that have plunged religious freedom into controversy. It calls Americans back to the project of finding f...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
©2010
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
I. Separation and Its Cousins --
II. Equal Liberty --
III. The Exemptions Puzzle --
IV. Ten Commandments, Three Plastic Reindeer, and One Nation . . . Indivisible --
V. God in the Classroom --
VI. Public Dollars, Religious Programs --
VII. Legislative Responsibility for Religious Freedom --
Conclusion --
Notes --
Index
Summary:Religion has become a charged token in a politics of division. Religious Freedom and the Constitution offers practical, moderate, and appealing terms for the settlement of many hot-button issues that have plunged religious freedom into controversy. It calls Americans back to the project of finding fair terms of cooperation for a religiously diverse people, and it offers a valuable set of tools for working toward that end.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780674034457
9783110756067
9783110442205
DOI:10.4159/9780674034457
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Lawrence G. Sager, Christopher L. Eisgruber.