LEADER 02956nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910959352403321 005 20240313050845.0 010 $a9786613582812 010 $a9781280487583 010 $a1280487585 010 $a9781602584211 010 $a1602584214 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046450 035 $a(EBL)1037000 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000585469 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11350459 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000585469 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10571743 035 $a(PQKB)10036325 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1037000 035 $a(OCoLC)785785368 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16088 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1037000 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10535719 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL358281 035 $a(OCoLC)817077393 035 $a(Perlego)1587646 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046450 100 $a20110803d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe constitution of religious freedom $eGod, politics, and the First Amendment /$fDennis J. Goldford 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWaco, Tex. $cBaylor University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (278 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781602584198 311 08$a1602584192 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aConstitutional 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. 330 $aIn 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 f 606 $aFreedom of religion$zUnited States 606 $aChurch and state$zUnited States 606 $aReligion and politics$zUnited States 615 0$aFreedom of religion 615 0$aChurch and state 615 0$aReligion and politics 676 $a342.7308/52 700 $aGoldford$b Dennis J.$f1948-$01805651 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959352403321 996 $aThe constitution of religious freedom$94362346 997 $aUNINA