The Impossibility of Religious Freedom : New Edition / Winnifred Fallers Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sullivan, Winnifred Fallers, author.

Contributor:

Sullivan, Winnifred Fallers.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Warner, Marina--Trials, litigation, etc.

Warner, Marina.

Freedom of religion--United States.

Freedom of religion.

Cemeteries--Law and legislation--Florida.

Cemeteries.

Boca Raton (Fla.)--Trials, litigation, etc.

Boca Raton (Fla.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxii, 286 pages :) illustrations ;

Edition:

New edition, with a new preface by the author, New paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Constitution may guarantee it. But religious freedom in America is, in fact, impossible. So argues this timely and iconoclastic work by law and religion scholar Winnifred Sullivan. Sullivan uses as the backdrop for the book the trial of Warner vs. Boca Raton, a recent case concerning the laws that protect the free exercise of religion in America. The trial, for which the author served as an expert witness, concerned regulations banning certain memorials from a multiconfessional nondenominational cemetery in Boca Raton, Florida. The book portrays the unsuccessful struggle of Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish families in Boca Raton to preserve the practice of placing such religious artifacts as crosses and stars of David on the graves of the city-owned burial ground. Sullivan demonstrates how, during the course of the proceeding, citizens from all walks of life and religious backgrounds were harassed to define just what their religion is. She argues that their plight points up a shocking truth: religion cannot be coherently defined for the purposes of American law, because everyone has different definitions of what religion is. Indeed, while religious freedom as a political idea was arguably once a force for tolerance, it has now become a force for intolerance, she maintains. A clear-eyed look at the laws created to protect religious freedom, this vigorously argued book offers a new take on a right deemed by many to be necessary for a free democratic society. It will have broad appeal not only for religion scholars, but also for anyone interested in law and the Constitution.Featuring a new preface by the author, The Impossibility of Religious Freedom offers a new take on a right deemed by many to be necessary for a free democratic society.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Sources

List of Illustrations

Preface to the New Edition

Introduction

Chapter One Outlaw Religion

Chapter Two The Trial: The Plaintiffs

Chapter Three The Trial: The Other Witnesses

Chapter Four Legal Religion

Chapter Five Free Religion

Appendices

Appendix A: Relevant Law: Excerpts from U.S. and Florida Constitutions, RFRA, FRFRA, and Rules and Regulations of Boca Raton Cemetery

Appendix B: Expert Reports of Broyde, Katz, McGuckin, Pals, and Sullivan

Appendix C: Ryskamp Opinion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9781400890330

1400890330

OCLC:

1132662944