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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953390203321

Autore

Eisgruber Christopher L

Titolo

Religious freedom and the constitution / / Christopher L. Eisgruber, Lawrence G. Sager

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007

ISBN

9780674034457

0674034457

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SagerLawrence G

Disciplina

342.7308/52

Soggetti

Freedom of religion - United States

Church and state - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-322) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Separation and its cousins -- Equal liberty -- The exemptions puzzle -- Ten Commandments, three plastic reindeer, and one nation...indivisible -- God in the classroom -- Public dollars, religious programs -- Legislative responsibility for religious freedom.

Sommario/riassunto

Religion has become a charged token in a politics of division. Religious Freedom and the Constitution offers practical, moderate, and appealing terms for the settlement of many hot-button issues that have plunged religious freedom into controversy. It calls Americans back to the project of finding fair terms of cooperation for a religiously diverse people, and it offers a valuable set of tools for working toward that end.