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Religious Liberty In America
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Author : Glenn T. Miller
language : en
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Release Date : 1976
Religious Liberty In America written by Glenn T. Miller and has been published by Westminster John Knox Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Political Science categories.
The Rise Of Religious Liberty In America
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Author : Sanford Hoadley Cobb
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
The Rise Of Religious Liberty In America written by Sanford Hoadley Cobb and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Church and state categories.
Religious Liberty In America
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Author : Bruce T. Murray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Religious Liberty In America written by Bruce T. Murray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Church and state categories.
From the Publisher: In recent years a series of highly publicized controversies has focused attention on what are arguably the sixteen most important words in the U.S. Constitution: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The ongoing court battles over the inclusion of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, the now annual cultural quarrel over "Merry Christmas" vs. "Happy Holidays," and the political promotion of "faith-based initiatives" to address social problems-all reflect competing views of the meaning of the religious liberty clauses of the First Amendment. Such disputes, as Bruce T. Murray shows, are nothing new. For more than two hundred years Americans have disagreed about the proper role of religion in public life and where to draw the line between church and state. In this book, he reexamines these debates and distills the volumes of commentary and case law they have generated. He analyzes not only the changing contours of religious freedom but also the phenomenon of American civil religion, grounded in the notion that the nation's purpose is sanctified by a higher authority-an idea that can be traced back to the earliest New England colonists and remains deeply ingrained in the American psyche. Throughout the book, Murray connects past and present, tracing the historical roots of contemporary controversies. He considers why it is that a country founded on the separation of church and state remains singularly religious among nations, and concludes by showing how the Supreme Court's thinking about the religious liberty clauses has evolved since the late eighteenth century.
Religious Liberty In America
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Author : Louis Fisher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Religious Liberty In America written by Louis Fisher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Law categories.
It is often assumed that the judiciary—especially the Supreme Court—provides the best protection of our religious freedom. Louis Fisher, however, argues that only on occasion does the Court lead the charge for minority rights. More likely it is seen pulling up the rear. By contrast, Congress frequently acts to protect religious groups by exempting them from general laws on taxation, social security, military service, labor, and countless other statutes. Indeed, legislative action on behalf of religious freedom is an American success story, but one that renowned constitutional authority Fisher argues has been poorly understood by most of us. Taking in the full span of American history, Fisher demonstrates that over the course of two centuries of American government Congress has often been in the forefront of establishing and protecting rights that have been neglected, denied, or unrecognized by the Court-and that statutory provisions far outstrip, in both number and importance, the court cases that have expanded religious rights. In this concise and insightful book, Fisher presents a series of important case studies that explain how Supreme Court rulings on religious liberty have been challenged and countermanded by public pressures, legislation, and independent state action. He tells how religious groups interested in securing the rights of conscientious objectors received satisfaction by taking their cases to Congress, not the courts; how public uproar over a 1940 Supreme Court ruling sustaining compulsory flag-salutes resulted in a court reversal; and how Congress intervened in a 1986 ruling upholding a military prohibition of skullcaps for Jews. By describing other controversies such as school prayer, Indian religious freedom, the religious use of peyote, and statutory exemptions for religious organizations, Fisher convincingly demonstrates that we must understand the political and not just the judicial context for the safeguards that protect religious minorities. As this book shows, the origin and growth of an individual's right to believe or not believe—and the securing of that right—has occurred almost entirely outside the courtroom. Religious Liberty in America persuasively challenges judicial supremacists on church-state issues and provides a highly readable introduction for all students and citizens concerned with their right to believe as they wish.
Religious Liberty In America Classic Reprint
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Author : Charles Miles Snow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-08
Religious Liberty In America Classic Reprint written by Charles Miles Snow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-08 with Political Science categories.
Excerpt from Religious Liberty in America About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Religious Liberty In America
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Author : Charles Miles Snow
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
Religious Liberty In America written by Charles Miles Snow and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with categories.
Charles Miles Snow provides a comprehensive look at the history of religious liberty in America. From the colonial period to the present day, Snow traces the evolution of religious freedom and its impact on American society and politics. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Rise Of Religious Liberty In America
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Author : Sanford H. Cobb
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-06-24
The Rise Of Religious Liberty In America written by Sanford H. Cobb and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-24 with History categories.
Excerpt from The Rise of Religious Liberty in America: A History Though the title of this work suggests a topic having a religious aspect, yet the hook itself offers no history of the churches or of religion in America. That field is well occupied by such works as those of Baird, Dorchester, Bacon, and others, and by denominational histories. The aim of the present work is political rather than religious. It attempts a systematic narrative - so far as the author is aware, not hitherto published - of that historical development through which the civil law in America came at last, after much struggle, to the decree of entire liberty of conscience and of worship. It is thus purely historical, and confines itself rigidly to those incidents in colonial history which are closely related to this special theme. The purpose is to exhibit in proper historical sequence those influences and events which guided the American republics to their unique solution of the world-old problem of Church and State - a solution so unique, so far-reaching, and so markedly diverse from European principles as to constitute the most striking contribution of America to the science of government. With such aim and for the double purpose of correcting certain popular misconceptions and of placing plainly before the mind the complete goal of this historical progress, it has seemed desirable to define in the first chapter the elements of a pure religious liberty, as that principle has embedded itself in the American mind and law. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Rise Of Religious Liberty In America
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Author : Sanford Hoadley Cobb
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
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Faith And Freedom
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Author : Marvin E. Frankel
language : en
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Release Date : 1995-01-31
Faith And Freedom written by Marvin E. Frankel and has been published by Hill and Wang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-31 with History categories.
Frankel examines some of the religious liberty cases in the last half century, including the use of peyote, exempting Amish children from school, and the prosecution of religous fraud.
Religious Liberty In America
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Author : CHARLES MILES. SNOW
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Religious Liberty In America written by CHARLES MILES. SNOW and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.