Religious Freedom and the ConstitutionReligion has become a charged token in a politics of division. In disputes about faith-based social services, public money for religious schools, the Pledge of Allegiance, Ten Commandments monuments, the theory of evolution, and many other topics, angry contestation threatens to displace America's historic commitment to religious freedom. Part of the problem, the authors argue, is that constitutional analysis of religious freedom has been hobbled by the idea of "a wall of separation" between church and state. That metaphor has been understood to demand that religion be treated far better than other concerns in some contexts, and far worse in others. Sometimes it seems to insist on both contrary forms of treatment simultaneously. Missing has been concern for the fair and equal treatment of religion. In response, the authors offer an understanding of religious freedom called Equal Liberty. |
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... Christian religious content in an effort to rehabilitate prisoners . Participation is voluntary , but , according to a suit filed by Americans United for Separation of Church and State , prisoners who agree to participate receive ...
... regularly , or are a Christian , and so on . They will undoubtedly reject some of what we say in this book — and the more qualified their commitment to equality , the more of the book they 20 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND THE CONSTITUTION.
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Religious Freedom and the Constitution Christopher L. Eisgruber,Lawrence G. Sager Limited preview - 2010 |
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