03532nam 22008654a 450 991078308830332120230607214809.00-8147-3994-60-8147-8694-4(CKB)1000000000003326(EBL)866030(OCoLC)779828377(SSID)ssj0000279883(PQKBManifestationID)11214215(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279883(PQKBWorkID)10268461(PQKB)10656160(MiAaPQ)EBC866030(OCoLC)55638547(MdBmJHUP)muse10278(Au-PeEL)EBL866030(CaPaEBR)ebr10032480(DE-B1597)547023(DE-B1597)9780814786949(EXLCZ)99100000000000332620010329d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGetting over equality[electronic resource] a critical diagnosis of religious freedom in America /Steven D. SmithNew York New York University Pressc20011 online resource (224 p.)Critical AmericaDescription based upon print version of record.0-8147-9794-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 AuthorQuestions 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 mistakCritical America.Religious toleranceUnited StatesProtestantismUnited StatesAmerican.Contends.alternate.authentically.equality.equally.forth.must.neutrality.over.presumption.puts.rather.religions.religious.than.that.tolerance.true.view.virtuous.Religious toleranceProtestantism323.44/2/0973Smith Steven D(Steven Douglas),1952-1477830MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783088303321Getting over equality3830133UNINA