03003nam 22006254a 450 991081087520332120200520144314.00-8147-3994-60-8147-8694-4(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 a critical diagnosis of religious freedom in America /Steven D. Smith1st ed.New 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 StatesReligious toleranceProtestantism323.44/2/0973Smith Steven D(Steven Douglas),1952-1670354MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810875203321Getting over equality4055866UNINA