Religion and the American constitutional experiment / John Witte, Jr. and Joel A. Nichols.

Author: Witte, John, Jr., 1959-

Edition Statement:3rd ed.

Imprint:Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2011.

Descriptionxxiv, 353 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:1. The American experiment in historical context -- The first millennium -- The Papal revolution -- The Protestant Reformation -- Religious establishment versus religious freedom -- 2. The theology and politics of the religion clauses -- Puritan views -- Evangelical views -- Enlightenment views -- Republican views -- 3. The essential rights and liberties of religion -- Liberty of conscience -- Free exercise of religion -- Religious pluralism -- Religious equality -- Separation of Church and State -- Disestablishment of religion -- Interdependence of principles -- 4. Forging the First Amendment religion clauses -- Religion and the Continental Congress -- The 1787 Constitutional Convention -- Ratification and proposed amendments -- Drafting the First Amendment Religion Clauses -- "Original intent" : interpreting the final text -- 5. Religious liberty in the states before 1947 and the creation of a new national law on religious liberty -- Liberty of conscience and free exercise -- Religious pluralism and equality -- Separation of Church and State -- No establishment of religion -- Faith, freedom, and the Frontier -- Fundamental religious liberty and incorporation -- 6. The free exercise of religion -- Mapping free exercise doctrine -- Free exercise and polygamy (1879-1890) -- Free exercise and conscientious objection (1918-1971) -- Freedom and equality of religious expression (1940-2002) -- Liberty of conscience and free exercise exemptions (1943-1989) -- Neutralizing the free exercise clause (1982-1993) -- Free exercise in the age of statutes -- 7. Modern establishment law : mapping the doctrinal terrain -- Bringing an establishment clause case -- Mapping the establishment clause cases -- 8. Religion and public education : no establishment of religion, but equal access for religion -- Separation cases (1948-1987) -- Equal access cases (1981-2001) -- 9. Government and religious education : accommodation, separation, and equal treatment -- Accomodationist cases (1908-1986) -- Separationist cases (1971-1985) -- Equal treatment cases (1983-2004) -- 10. Religion and public life -- Sabbath Day rules (1961) -- Legislative chaplains (1983) -- Religious symbols (1984-2010) -- 11. Religious organizations and the law -- Religious polity and structures -- Religious property disputes -- Employment, taxation and more -- 12. Toward an integration of religious liberty : the American experiment in international context -- International norms and the Constitution -- The international framework of religious liberty -- International norms and American laws compared -- Drafts of federal religious clauses (1787-1789) -- State constitutional provisions on religion (as of 1947) -- United States Supreme Court decisions relating to religious liberty.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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