1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996393817003316

Titolo

By the King, a proclamation for dissolving this present Parliament and declaring the speedy calling of a new one [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by the assigns of John Bill, Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills ..., 1680 [i.e. 1681]

Descrizione fisica

1 broadside

Altri autori (Persone)

Charles, King of England,  <1630-1685.>

Soggetti

Great Britain History Charles II, 1660-1685

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Given at our court at Whitehall the eighteenth day of January in the two and thirtieth year of our reign."

Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783088303321

Autore

Smith Steven D (Steven Douglas), <1952->

Titolo

Getting over equality [[electronic resource] ] : a critical diagnosis of religious freedom in America / / Steven D. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8147-3994-6

0-8147-8694-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

Critical America

Disciplina

323.44/2/0973

Soggetti

Religious tolerance - United States

Protestantism - 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

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Beyond Failure; I How Firm a Foundation?; l Blooming Confusion: Religious Equality in the"Age of Madison"; 2 Religion, Democracy, and Autonomy: A Political Parable; 3 Is a Theory of Religious Freedom Possible?; II What Shall We Do? (or How the Supreme CourtCan Stop Making Things Worse); 4 Unprincipled Religious Freedom; 5 The Unhappy Demise of the Doctrine of Tolerance; 6 Demons in the Discourse; III Can Faith Tolerate?; 7 The (Compelling?) Case for Religious Intolerance; 8 Theism and Tolerance; Notes; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Questions of religious freedom continue to excite passionate public debate. Proposals involving school prayer and the posting of the Ten Commandments in schools and courtrooms perennially spur controversy. But there is also a sense that the prevailing discourse is exhausted, that no one seems to know how to think about religious freedom in a way that moves beyond our stale, counterproductive thinking on this issue. In Getting over Equality , Steven D. Smith, one of the most important voices now writing about religious liberty, provocatively contends that we must get over our presumption mistak