God versus Caesar : belief, worship, and proselytizing under the First Amendment / Martin S. Sheffer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheffer, Martin S.

Series:

SUNY series in American constitutionalism

SUNY series, American constitutionalism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of religion--United States.

Freedom of religion.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 213 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [1999]

Summary:

God Versus Caesar reviews and analyses the judicial development of the free exercise of religion clause, from its protection for belief and certain forms of worship to its guarantee of religiously motivated behavior. This book also provides guidelines for the future direction of judicial review in free exercise cases and examines law as it develops in response to changing social values and policy. Sheffer answers how, where, and why lines are drawn between the guarantee of free exercise of religion and the right of society to protect its citizens from activity injurious to their health, welfare, safety, and morals.

Contents:

Evolution of Religious Liberty xvi

Colonial Experience xvii

Virginia Experiment xviii

Constitutional Guarantee xix

Constitutional Problems of Religion's Evolution xx

Law and the Problem of Free Exercise xxiii

Chapter 1 Criminal Conduct/Antisocial Behavior 1

Chapter 2 Previous Restraint 17

Chapter 3 Public Education 37

Chapter 4 Conscientious Objection, I 53

Chapter 5 Conscientious Objection, II 67

Chapter 6 Selective Conscientious Objection 89

Chapter 7 Are Standards of Adjudication Possible? 107

Free Exercise and the Hierarchy of Values 108

Free Exercise and the Judicial Process 111

Free Exercise and the Quest for Standards 114

Table of Cases 181.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-203) and index.

ISBN:

079144175X

0791441768

OCLC:

40339254