LEADER 03786nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910462804203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-07107-7 010 $a0-674-06756-8 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674067561 035 $a(CKB)2670000000319390 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH25018191 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000783046 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11507853 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000783046 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10748919 035 $a(PQKB)10988330 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301183 035 $a(DE-B1597)178022 035 $a(OCoLC)835787745 035 $a(OCoLC)840439136 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674067561 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301183 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10640105 035 $a(OCoLC)923118954 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000319390 100 $a20120227d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDefending American religious neutrality$b[electronic resource] /$fAndrew Koppelman 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (243 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-06646-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$t1 The American Specification of Neutrality --$t2 Corruption of Religion and the Establishment Clause --$t3 Religion Clause Doctrine Explained --$t4 Why Single Out Religion? --$t5 A Secular State? --$tNotes --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aAlthough it is often charged with hostility toward religion, First Amendment doctrine in fact treats religion as a distinctive human good. It insists, however, that this good be understood abstractly, without the state taking sides on any theological question. Here, a leading scholar of constitutional law explains the logic of this uniquely American form of neutrality-more religion-centered than liberal theorists propose, and less overtly theistic than conservatives advocate. The First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of religion is under threat. Growing numbers of critics, including a near-majority of the Supreme Court, seem ready to cast aside the ideal of American religious neutrality. Andrew Koppelman defends that ideal and explains why protecting religion from political manipulation is imperative in an America of growing religious diversity. Understanding American religious neutrality, Koppelman shows, can explain some familiar puzzles. How can Bible reading in public schools be impermissible while legislative sessions begin with prayers, Christmas is an official holiday, and the words "under God" appear in the Pledge of Allegiance? Are faith-based social services, public financing of religious schools, or the teaching of intelligent design constitutional? Combining legal, historical, and philosophical analysis, Koppelman shows how law coherently navigates these conundrums. He explains why laws must have a secular legislative purpose, why old, but not new, ceremonial acknowledgments of religion are permitted, and why it is fair to give religion special treatment. 606 $aChurch and state$zUnited States 606 $aFreedom of religion$zUnited States 606 $aEcclesiastical law$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChurch and state 615 0$aFreedom of religion 615 0$aEcclesiastical law 676 $a342.7308/52 700 $aKoppelman$b Andrew$0886749 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462804203321 996 $aDefending American religious neutrality$92451318 997 $aUNINA