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The distinctiveness of religion in American law : rethinking religious clause jurisprudence / Kathleen A. Brady, Emory University.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brady, Kathleen A., author.
- Series:
- Law and Christianity
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and law--United States.
- Religion and law.
- United States.
- Freedom of religion--United States.
- Freedom of religion.
- Church and state--United States.
- Church and state.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 339 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In recent decades, religion's traditional distinctiveness under the First Amendment has been challenged by courts and scholars. As America grows more secular and as religious and nonreligious convictions are increasingly seen as interchangeable, many have questioned whether special treatment is still fair. In its recent decisions, the Supreme Court has made clear that religion will continue to be treated differently, but we lack a persuasive account of religion's uniqueness that can justify this difference. This book aims to develop such an account. Drawing on founding era thought illumined by theology, philosophy of religion, and comparative religion, it describes what is at stake in our tradition of religious freedom in a way that can be appreciated by the religious and nonreligious alike. From this account, it develops a new framework for religion clause decision making and explains the implications of this framework for current controversies regarding protections for religious conscience.
- Contents:
- Part I. The distinctiveness of religion
- The development and limits of the equality paradigm
- The continuing power of the equality paradigm
- A unique relationship, a common foundation
- A new framework for religion clause jurisprudence
- Part II. The believer and the state
- Freedom of conscience today : rethinking free exercise exemptions
- Challenges to constructing a right of exemption that is feasible and fair
- Meeting the challenge : lessons from the first Congress
- New proposals for free exercise exemptions
- The role and limits of legislative and administrative accommodation
- Examining sincerity and defining religion
- Conclusion : Secular moral commitments revisited.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781139061155
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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