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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959352403321

Autore

Goldford Dennis J. <1948->

Titolo

The constitution of religious freedom : God, politics, and the First Amendment / / Dennis J. Goldford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waco, Tex., : Baylor University Press, c2012

ISBN

9786613582812

9781280487583

1280487585

9781602584211

1602584214

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Disciplina

342.7308/52

Soggetti

Freedom of religion - United States

Church and state - United States

Religion and politics - United States

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Constitutional fundamentals -- Religious minorities, religious freedom, and religion -- Conventional vs. radical establishment clause jurisprudence -- Orthodoxy and neutrality -- The concept of coercion in establishment clause jurisprudence -- The concept of position taking in establishment clause jurisprudence -- The theoretical core of the establishment clause : the secularity principle.

Sommario/riassunto

In a time when the question of American religious identity underlies much political conversation that fills the public square, Dennis Goldford directs his readers to consider the First Amendment. The founding fathers' words,""Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,""are the constitutional means of ensuring, however imperfectly, the American freedom to stand for something sacred. In his analysis, Goldford ably demonstrates that the very nature of these religion clauses establishes protection not for religion but f