Religious Freedom in America: Constitutional Roots and Contemporary Challengesvolume 1 by Hertzke, Allen D.
Religious Freedom in America: Constitutional Roots and Contemporary Challengesvolume 1 by Hertzke, Allen D.

Religious Freedom in America: Constitutional Roots and Contemporary Challengesvolume 1

All Americans, liberal or conservative, religious or not, can agree that religious freedom, anchored in conscience rights,...
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Author: Allen D. Hertzke
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Religious Freedom in America: Constitutional Roots and Contemporary Challengesvolume 1 by Hertzke, Allen D.

Religious Freedom in America: Constitutional Roots and Contemporary Challengesvolume 1

CHF 54.69
Religious Freedom in America: Constitutional Roots and Contemporary Challengesvolume 1 by Hertzke, Allen D.

Religious Freedom in America: Constitutional Roots and Contemporary Challengesvolume 1

CHF 54.69
Author: Allen D. Hertzke
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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All Americans, liberal or conservative, religious or not, can agree that religious freedom, anchored in conscience rights, is foundational to the U.S. democratic experiment. But what freedom of conscience means, what its scope and limits are, according to the Constitution--these are matters for heated debate. At a moment when such questions loom ever larger in the nation's contentious politics and fraught policy-making process, this timely book offers invaluable historical, empirical, philosophical, and analytical insight into the American constitutional heritage of religious liberty.

As the contributors to this interdisciplinary volume attest, understanding religious freedom demands taking multiple perspectives. The historians guide us through the legacy of religious freedom, from the nation's founding and the rise of public education, through the waves of immigration that added successive layers of diversity to American society. The social scientists discuss the swift, striking effects of judicial decision making and the battles over free exercise in a complex, bureaucratic society. Advocates remind us of the tensions abiding in schools and other familiar institutions, and of the major role minorities play in shaping free exercise under our constitutional regime. And the jurists emphasize that this is a messy area of constitutional law. Their work brings out the conflicts inherent in interpreting the First Amendment--tensions between free exercise and disestablishment, between the legislative and judicial branches of government, and along the complex and ever-shifting boundaries of religion, state, and society.

What emerges most clearly from these essays is how central religious liberty is to America's civic fabric--and how, under increasing pressure from both religious and secular forces, this First Amendment freedom demands our full attention and understanding.

Author: Allen D. Hertzke
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 01/13/2015
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780806147079

About the Author
Hertzke, Allen D.: - Allen D. Hertzke is David Ross Boyd Professor of Political Science, and Faculty Fellow in Religious Freedom with the Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage, at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of Freeing God's Children: The Unlikely Alliance for Global Human Rights and editor of The Future of Religious Freedom: Global Challenges.Harper, Kyle: - Kyle Harper is Senior Vice President and Provost and founding director of the Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage at the University of Oklahoma. He is author of Slavery in the Late Roman World, AD 275-425 and From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality.
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