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Religion and the American constitutional experiment : essential rights and liberties / John Witte, Jr.

By: Witte, John, Jr, 1959-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000Description: xiv, 379 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0813333067 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0813333059 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Freedom of religion -- United States -- History | Church and state -- United States -- History | Freedom of religion -- United States | Church and state -- United States | United States. Constitution. 1st AmendmentDDC classification: 342.73/0852 LOC classification: KF4783.Z9 | W58 2000Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-361) and index.
Contents:
The American experiment in historical context -- The theology and politics of the religion clauses -- The essential rights and liberties of religion -- Forging the First Amendment religion clauses -- Religion and the states before 1947 -- Religion and the Supreme Court, 1815-1947 -- Modern free exercise law -- Modern disestablishment law -- Religious liberty doctrine in miniature: tax exemption of religious property -- Toward an integration of religious liberty: the American experiment in international context.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-361) and index.

The American experiment in historical context -- The theology and politics of the religion clauses -- The essential rights and liberties of religion -- Forging the First Amendment religion clauses -- Religion and the states before 1947 -- Religion and the Supreme Court, 1815-1947 -- Modern free exercise law -- Modern disestablishment law -- Religious liberty doctrine in miniature: tax exemption of religious property -- Toward an integration of religious liberty: the American experiment in international context.

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