LEADER 04467nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910455232303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-15901-1 010 $a9786612159015 010 $a1-4008-2626-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400826261 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788582 035 $a(EBL)457825 035 $a(OCoLC)442007545 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000398173 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11283968 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000398173 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10362876 035 $a(PQKB)10928099 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC457825 035 $a(DE-B1597)446294 035 $a(OCoLC)979725553 035 $a(OCoLC)984545520 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400826261 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL457825 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312637 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL215901 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788582 100 $a20040113d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom "higher law" to "sectarian scruples"$b[electronic resource] /$fJames Hitchcock 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (271 p.) 225 1 $aNew forum books 225 1 $aThe Supreme Court and religion in American life ;$vv. 2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-11923-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [211]-243) and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction To Volume 2 --$tChapter 1. Original Intent --$tChapter 2. Patterns Of Establishment --$tChapter 3. Pillars Of A Wall --$tChapter 4. The Faiths Of The Justices --$tChapter 5. A Fragile Wall --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex Of Justices --$tIndex Of Cases --$tGeneral Index 330 $aSchool vouchers. The Pledge of Allegiance. The ban on government grants for theology students. The abundance of church and state issues brought before the Supreme Court in recent years underscores an incontrovertible truth in the American legal system: the relationship between the state and religion in this country is still fluid and changing. This, the second of two volumes by historian and legal scholar James Hitchcock, offers a complete analysis and interpretation of the Court's historical understanding of religion, explaining the revolutionary change that occurred in the 1940's. In Volume I: The Odyssey of the Religion Clauses (Princeton), Hitchcock provides the first comprehensive survey of the court cases involving the Religion Clauses, including a number that scholars have ignored. Here, Hitchcock examines how, in the early history of our country, a strict separation of church and state was sustained through the opinions of Jefferson and Madison, even though their views were those of the minority. Despite the Founding Fathers' ideas, the American polity evolved on the assumption that religion was necessary to a healthy society, and cooperation between religion and government was assumed. This view was seldom questioned until the 1940's, notes Hitchcock. Then, with the beginning of the New Deal and the appointment of justices who believed they had the freedom to apply the Constitution in new ways, the judicial climate changed. Hitchcock reveals the personal histories of these justices and describes how the nucleus of the Court after World War II was composed of men who were alienated from their own faiths and who looked at religious belief as irrational, divisive, and potentially dangerous, assumptions that became enshrined in the modern jurisprudence of the Religion Clauses. He goes on to offer a fascinating look at how the modern Court continues to grapple with the question of whether traditional religious liberty is to be upheld. 410 0$aNew forum books. 410 0$aSupreme Court and religion in American life ;$vv. 2. 606 $aChurch and state$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aFreedom of religion$zUnited States$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChurch and state$xHistory. 615 0$aFreedom of religion$xHistory. 676 $a342.7308/52 700 $aHitchcock$b James$01056210 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455232303321 996 $aFrom "higher law" to "sectarian scruples"$92490963 997 $aUNINA