Author: Leon Whipple
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Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Our Ancient Liberties
Author: Leon Whipple
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Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Publisher:
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Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Civil and Religious Liberty
Author: Annie Besant
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Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Languages : en
Pages : 24
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The Rights of the People
Author: Alonzo Trévier Jones
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Category : Church and state
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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Category : Church and state
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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Religious Liberty in America
Author: Bruce T. Murray
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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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.
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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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.
Civil and Religious Liberty
Author: W. D. Hughes
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ISBN: 9783337781804
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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ISBN: 9783337781804
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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A Nation Dedicated to Religious Liberty
Author: Arlin M. Adams
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812292324
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 189
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Here is a concise overview of the historical development and judicial interpretation of the First Amendment religion clauses. It begins with a survey of the history of American religious liberty, goes on to present the views of the Founding Fathers, and then considers the core value of religious liberty and the constitutional purposes that implement that value. the book ends on a practical note by applying these principles to questions of equal access, religious symbolism in public life, and the task of defining religion for constitutional purposes. As the authors note in their introduction, "the historical principles that animate the religion clauses are more than an abstract intellectual exercise. . . . They provide an essential context for guiding the resolution of modern religious liberty issues."
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812292324
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Here is a concise overview of the historical development and judicial interpretation of the First Amendment religion clauses. It begins with a survey of the history of American religious liberty, goes on to present the views of the Founding Fathers, and then considers the core value of religious liberty and the constitutional purposes that implement that value. the book ends on a practical note by applying these principles to questions of equal access, religious symbolism in public life, and the task of defining religion for constitutional purposes. As the authors note in their introduction, "the historical principles that animate the religion clauses are more than an abstract intellectual exercise. . . . They provide an essential context for guiding the resolution of modern religious liberty issues."
A Summary View of the Rights of British America
Author: Thomas Jefferson
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Popery
Author: William Craig Brownlee
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Category : Anti-Catholicism
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Category : Anti-Catholicism
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Freedom and the Churches
Author: Charles William Wendte
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Category : Christian sects
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Category : Christian sects
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Church and State in the United States
Author: Philip Schaff
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Category : Church and state
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Publisher:
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Category : Church and state
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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