LEADER 04190nam 22007572 450 001 9910792356103321 005 20160505174657.0 010 $a0-511-73934-6 010 $a1-107-20407-0 010 $a1-282-52579-4 010 $a9786612525797 010 $a0-511-67803-7 010 $a0-511-68126-7 010 $a0-511-67677-8 010 $a0-511-68324-3 010 $a0-511-67603-4 010 $a0-511-67928-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000014309 035 $a(EBL)502515 035 $a(OCoLC)609860916 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000360383 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11294052 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000360383 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10318900 035 $a(PQKB)11711134 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511676031 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL502515 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10381277 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL252579 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC502515 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000014309 100 $a20100212d2010|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFundamentalism in American religion and law $eObama's challenge to patriarchy's threat to democracy /$fDavid A.J. Richards$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 313 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-63998-0 311 $a0-521-19122-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : defining the problem -- The progressive recognition of human rights under American constitutional law -- The fundamentalism of constitutional originalism -- The motivations of constitutional fundamentalism -- Fundamentalism in Roman Catholicism -- Fundamentalism among Protestants -- Mormon fundamentalism -- Patriarchal roots of constitutional fundamentalism -- Fundamentalism in religion and law : a critical overview -- Conclusion : patriarchy as the American dilemma : facing the problem of fundamentalism at home and abroad. 330 $aWhy, from Reagan to George Bush, have fundamentalists in religion and in law (originalists) exercised such political power and influence in the United States? Why has the Republican Party forged an ideology of judicial appointments (originalism) hostile to abortion and gay rights? Why and how did Barack Obama distinguish himself among Democratic candidates not only by his opposition to the Iraq war but by his opposition to originalism? This book argues that fundamentalism in both religion and law threatens democratic values and draws its appeal from a patriarchal psychology still alive in our personal and political lives and at threat from the constitutional developments since the 1960s. The argument analyzes this psychology (based on traumatic loss in intimate life) and resistance to it (based on the love of equals). Obama's resistance to originalism arises from his developmental history as a democratic, as opposed to patriarchal, man who resists the patriarchal demands on men and women that originalism enforces - in particular, the patriarchal love laws that tell people who and how and how much they may love. 517 3 $aFundamentalism in American Religion & Law 606 $aConstitutional law$zUnited States 606 $aConstitutional law$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aLaw$zUnited States$xChristian influences 606 $aChristianity and law 606 $aReligious fundamentalism$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 610 $aOriginalism 615 0$aConstitutional law 615 0$aConstitutional law$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aLaw$xChristian influences. 615 0$aChristianity and law. 615 0$aReligious fundamentalism$xPolitical aspects 676 $a342.7308/52 700 $aRichards$b David A. J.$0475255 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792356103321 996 $aFundamentalism in American religion and law$9247361 997 $aUNINA