The First Liberty
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The First Liberty
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Author : William Lee Miller
language : en
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Release Date : 1986
The First Liberty written by William Lee Miller and has been published by Alfred A. Knopf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.
Explores the American concept of religious liberty: how it originated, its enactment into law, and its continuing consequences.
The First Liberty
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Author : William Lee Miller
language : en
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Release Date : 2003-03-07
The First Liberty written by William Lee Miller and has been published by Georgetown University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-07 with Religion categories.
At a time when the concept of religion-based politics has taken on new and sometimes ominous tones—even within the United States—it is not only right, but also urgently necessary that William Lee Miller revisit his profound exploration of the place of religious liberty and church and state in America. For this revised edition of The First Liberty, Miller has written a pointed new introduction, discussing how religious liberty has taken on deeper dimensions in a post-9/11 world. With new material on recent Supreme Court cases involving church-state relations and a new concluding chapter on America's religious and political landscape, this volume is an eloquent and thorough interpretation of how religious faith and political freedom have blended and fused to form part of our collective history-and most importantly, how each concept must respect the boundaries of the other. Though many claim the United States to be a "Christian Nation," Miller provides a fascinatingly vivid account of the philosophical skirmishes and political machinations that led to the "wall of separation" between church and state. That famous phrase is Jefferson's, though it does not appear in the Declaration of Independence nor in the Constitution. But Miller follows this seminal idea from three great standard-bearers of religious liberty: Jefferson, Madison, and Roger Williams. Jefferson, who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, the precursor of the First Amendment of the Constitution; James Madison, who was politically responsible for Virginia's acceptance of religious liberty and who, a few years later, helped draft the Bill of Rights; and the even earlier figure, the radical dissenter Roger Williams, who propounded the idea of religious freedom not as a rational secularist but out of a deeply held spiritual faith. Miller re-creates the fierce and vibrant debate among the founding fathers over the means of establishing public virtue in the absence of established religion—a debate that still reverberates in today's passionate arguments about civil rights, school prayer, abortion, Christmas crèches, conscientious objection during warfare—and demonstrates how the right to hold any religious belief has dynamically shaped American political life.
All Imaginable Liberty
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Author : Francis Graham Lee
language : en
Publisher: University Press of America
Release Date : 1995
All Imaginable Liberty written by Francis Graham Lee and has been published by University Press of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Law categories.
How were religious minorities treated in colonial times? What role did Catholics play in framing the religious liberty clauses of the First Amendment? How does the Supreme Court apply the sometimes contradictory commands of the free exercise and nonestablishment clauses? All Imaginable Liberty answers these questions in its tracing of the development of religious liberty from colonial times to the present. Articles by historians, political scientists, and lawyers explore the evolution of religious freedom and examine the role of the Supreme Court in extending and defining religious freedom. Francis Graham Lee introduces each section, addressing each article's contribution to the understanding of religious liberty in the contemporary United States.
Liberty In The Things Of God
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Author : Robert Louis Wilken
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2019-04-09
Liberty In The Things Of God written by Robert Louis Wilken and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-09 with Freedom of religion categories.
From one of the leading historians of Christianity comes this sweeping reassessment of religious freedom, from the church fathers to John Locke In the ancient world Christian apologists wrote in defense of their right to practice their faith in the cities of the Roman Empire. They argued that religious faith is an inward disposition of the mind and heart and cannot be coerced by external force, laying a foundation on which later generations would build. Chronicling the history of the struggle for religious freedom from the early Christian movement through the seventeenth century, Robert Louis Wilken shows that the origins of religious freedom and liberty of conscience are religious, not political, in origin. They took form before the Enlightenment through the labors of men and women of faith who believed there could be no justice in society without liberty in the things of God. This provocative book, drawing on writings from the early Church as well as the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, reminds us of how "the meditations of the past were fitted to affairs of a later day."
First Freedom
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Author : Jason G. Duesing
language : en
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Release Date : 2016-08-15
First Freedom written by Jason G. Duesing and has been published by B&H Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-15 with Religion categories.
Challenges to religious liberty are increasingly common today as historical Christianity comes into conflict with a new, secular orthodoxy. In this thoroughly revised second edition of First Freedom, leading evangelical scholars present the biblical and historical foundations for religious freedom in America, and address pressing topics such as: * Religious freedom and the exclusivity of the gospel * The Christian doctrine of religious liberty * Religious liberty and the public square * Religious freedom and the sexual revolution * Baptist contributions to religious freedom, and much more. The contributors equip churches, pastors, and Christian citizens to uphold this “first freedom” given by God and defended by Christians throughout our nation’s history.
All Imaginable Liberty
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Author : Francis Graham Lee
language : en
Publisher: St. Joseph's University Press
Release Date : 1990
All Imaginable Liberty written by Francis Graham Lee and has been published by St. Joseph's University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Church and state categories.
The Cambridge Companion To The First Amendment And Religious Liberty
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Author : Michael D. Breidenbach
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-01-09
The Cambridge Companion To The First Amendment And Religious Liberty written by Michael D. Breidenbach and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-09 with Law categories.
Offers historical, philosophical, legal, and political insights into the First Amendment, religious liberty, and church-state relations.
First Freedom
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Author : Thomas White
language : en
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Release Date : 2007-05-01
First Freedom written by Thomas White and has been published by B&H Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-01 with Religion categories.
First Freedom is an important gathering of messages from a recent conference on religious liberty held at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Editor Jason B. Duesing explains: "The purpose of this collection is, first, to provide an introductory look into the biblical and historical foundations of religious liberty combined with several instances of contemporary expression and defense for the purpose of instruction, edification, and encouragement to all who take the time to read this volume. Second, however, we wish to remind Baptists in the twenty-first century of the price that was paid by their forefathers for the establishment and defense of religious liberty. To be sure, there were people of various religious and denominational preferences that providence used to implement the religious freedoms now enjoyed by all, but for Baptists to overlook the contribution of their own would be a travesty."
Challenges To Religious Liberty In The Twenty First Century
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Author : Gerard V. Bradley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Challenges To Religious Liberty In The Twenty First Century written by Gerard V. Bradley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Freedom of religion categories.
"Almost everyone today affirms the importance and merit of religious liberty. But religious liberty is being challenged by new questions (for example, use of the niqab or church adoption services for same-sex couples) and new forces (such as globalization and Islamism). Combined, these make the meaning of religious liberty in the twenty-first century uncertain. This collection of essays by ten of the world's leading scholars on religious liberty takes aim at these issues. The book is arranged around five specific challenges to religious liberty today: the state's responsibility to prevent coercion and intimidation of believers by others within the same faith community; the U.S.'s basic moral responsibilities to promote religious liberty abroad; how to understand and apply the traditional right of conscientious objection in today's circumstances; the distinctive problems presented by globalization; and the viability today of an 'originalist' interpretation of the First Amendment religion clauses"--Provided by publisher
A Christian Approach To Corporate Religious Liberty
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Author : Edward A. David
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-09-21
A Christian Approach To Corporate Religious Liberty written by Edward A. David and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-21 with Business & Economics categories.
This book addresses one of the most urgent issues in contemporary American law—namely, the logic and limits of extending free exercise rights to corporate entities. Pointing to the polarization that surrounds disputes like Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, David argues that such cases need not involve pitting flesh-and-blood individuals against the rights of so-called “corporate moral persons.” Instead, David proposes that such disputes should be resolved by attending to the moral quality of group actions. This approach shifts attention away from polarizing rights-talk and towards the virtues required for thriving civic communities. More radically, however, this approach suggests that groups themselves should not be viewed as things or “persons” in the first instance, but rather as occasions of coordinated activity. Discerned in the writings of Saint Thomas Aquinas, this reconceptualization helps illuminate the moral stakes of a novel—and controversial—form of religious freedom.