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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453921203321

Autore

Brown Steven Preston

Titolo

Trumping religion [[electronic resource] ] : the new Christian right, the free speech clause, and the courts / / Steven P. Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Ala., : University of Alabama Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8173-8173-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Disciplina

342.73/0852

Soggetti

Church and state - United States

Freedom of religion - United States

Christianity and politics - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-180) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Bible and the bench : an introduction to new Christian right activism in the courts -- A perfect state of society : the emergence of conservative Christian public interest law -- One in purpose : the firms that litigate the new Christian right agenda  -- "Incremental pragmatism" : legal strategies of the new Christian right -- Scaling the establishment wall : free speech and the Supreme Court's religion cases -- Pathbreakers and gatekeepers : the lower federal court response to the new Christian right -- Money, media, and (not so) gentle persuasion : new Christian right lawyers outside the courtroom -- Legal right or gospel tool? : the past and future of the new Christian right's free speech strategy in the courts.

Sommario/riassunto

The first scholarly treatment of the strategies employed by the New Christian Right in litigating cases regarding religion.  Trumping Religion provides a detailed analysis of the five major public-interest law firms that have litigated religion cases in the federal courts between 1980 and 2000. Allied with several highly vocal, evangelical ministries, such as those of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robinson, these legal organizations argue that religious expression is a form of protected speech and thereby gain a greater latitude of interpretation in the courts. The lo