LEADER 03509nam 2200505Ia 450 001 9910795048903321 005 20190911103510.0 010 $a979-82-16-03499-5 010 $a979-82-16-16456-2 010 $a1-4408-4708-8 024 7 $a10.5040/9798216034995 035 $a(OCoLC)992438305 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL7JKV 035 $a(OCoLC)19693322 035 $a(UkLoBP)BP9798216034995BC 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000203924 100 $a20230710d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aWhen religious and secular interests collide $efaith, law, and the religious exemption debate /$fScott A. Merriman 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, CT :$cPraeger,$d2017. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource ([ix], 197 pages) 225 0 $aGale eBooks 311 $a1-4408-4707-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 The Founding Generation Chapter 2 Freedom from Religion Chapter 3 Religious Exemptions from the Gilded Age through the 1920s Chapter 4 Sherbert and Yoder Chapter 5 Smith, RFRA, and Its Limitations (1980-1995) Chapter 6 From RFRA to Hobby Lobby Chapter 7 Marriage Equality and Beyond Conclusion A Necessary Balance Notes Select Bibliography Index About the Author 330 $aThis book examines the countervailing arguments in the religious exemption debate and explains why this issue continues to be so heated and controversial in modern-day America. Can religion be used to legalize discrimination? When does religion exclude a person or corporation from having to follow a federal or state law, and does our government automatically favor one faith over another when allowing such exemptions? How "religious" must an activity be to qualify as exempt? These are just a few of the difficult questions addressed in When Religious and Secular Interests Collide: Faith, Law, and the Religious Exemption Debate, one of the most modern resources for looking at religion and the law, both historically and in the present. This book enables readers to fully comprehend this important multifaceted issue that continues to be contested in our courts, legislatures, hearts, and minds. Readers will gain vital historical background about this battleground topic of academic and public interest, see how the contentious issue has changed in the past, and learn about recent developments, including the controversies surrounding religious exemption laws passed in Arkansas and Indiana in 2015. They will also glean knowledge to evaluate claims made about the First Amendment and equal rights and reach their own educated opinions on the subject. Additionally, the work includes primary source documents such as excerpts of important Supreme Court decisions accompanied by insightful analysis of how the religious exemption issue surfaced in modern American culture. 606 $aPolitics & government 606 $aFreedom of religion$zUnited States 615 7$aPolitics & government 615 0$aFreedom of religion 676 $a342.7308/52 700 $aMerriman$b Scott A.$01564132 702 $aMerriman$b Scott A.$f1968- 801 0$bUkLoBP 801 1$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795048903321 996 $aWhen religious and secular interests collide$93853829 997 $aUNINA