02956nam 2200673 a 450 991095935240332120240313050845.097866135828129781280487583128048758597816025842111602584214(CKB)3170000000046450(EBL)1037000(SSID)ssj0000585469(PQKBManifestationID)11350459(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000585469(PQKBWorkID)10571743(PQKB)10036325(MiAaPQ)EBC1037000(OCoLC)785785368(MdBmJHUP)muse16088(Au-PeEL)EBL1037000(CaPaEBR)ebr10535719(CaONFJC)MIL358281(OCoLC)817077393(Perlego)1587646(EXLCZ)99317000000004645020110803d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe constitution of religious freedom God, politics, and the First Amendment /Dennis J. Goldford1st ed.Waco, Tex. Baylor University Pressc20121 online resource (278 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781602584198 1602584192 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 fFreedom of religionUnited StatesChurch and stateUnited StatesReligion and politicsUnited StatesFreedom of religionChurch and stateReligion and politics342.7308/52Goldford Dennis J.1948-1805651MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959352403321The constitution of religious freedom4362346UNINA