Law and religion : a critical anthology / edited by Stephen M. Feldman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Feldman, Stephen M., 1955-

Series:

Critical America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church and state--United States.

Church and state.

United States.

Religion and law--United States.

Religion and law.

Physical Description:

xi, 483 pages ; 26 cm.

Other Title:

Law & religion

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2000]

Summary:

Few issues arouse as much passionate debate as the relationship between church and state. Political parties and coalitions have long jockeyed for position in the battle to either keep the two separate, or to unify them in one nation indivisible from God. While the battle has been raging in the political arena, figures from academia, the media, and myriad other vantage points, have commented on the context and constitutionality of laws governing religious expression.

In Law and Religion, Stephen M. Feldman brings together the many perspectives that have shaped policy on this important national issue. In giving voice to the political left and right, as well as to cultural, philosophical, sociological and historical perspectives, the book serves as an even-handed treatment of an issue all too often clouded by biases. Contributors ranging from Stanley Fish to Richard John Neuhaus explore issues extending from religious morality and religious freedom, to fundamentalism, the separation of church and state, religion and public schooling, and liberal political theory. Comprehensive in scope, Law and Religion will stand as an important reference for anyone seeking to further understand this complex and highly emotional topic.

Contents:

Religious freedom in America : three stories / Steven D. Smith

The widening gyres of religion and law / Martin E. Marty

A new discourse and practice / Winnifred Fallers Sullivan

The Reverend John Witherspoon and the Constitutional Convention / Marci A. Hamilton

The place of religious argument in a free and democratic society / Robert Audi

A new order of religious freedom / Richard John Neuhaus

The other side of religion / William P. Marshall

Liberal democracy and religious morality / Michael J. Perry

The Pope's submarine / John H. Garvey

Why the state must subordinate religion / Scott C. Idleman

Equal regard / Christopher Eisgruber and Lawrence G. Sager

The incommensurability of religion / Abner S. Greene

Questioning the value of accommodating religion / Mark V. Tushnet

A Christian America and the separation of church and state / Stephen M. Feldman

Jewish voices and religious freedom : a Jewish critique of critical Jewish thinking / Mark A. Graber

A crack in the wall : pluralism, prayer and pain in the public schools / Frank S. Ravitch

Secular fundamentalism, religious fundamentalism, and the search for truth in contemporary America / Daniel O. Conkle

The constitutional tradition : a perplexing legacy / Ronald F. Thiemann

Toward a normative framework of a love-based community / Anthony E. Cook

Mission impossible : settling the just bounds between church and state / Stanley Fish

Liberal thought and religion in custody and visitation cases / Linda J. Lacey

There can be only one : law, religion, grammar and social organization in the United States / Larry Catá Backer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0814726798

081472678X

OCLC:

43784568