The distinctiveness of religion in American law : rethinking religious clause jurisprudence /

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...

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Main Author: Brady, Kathleen A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Series:Law and Christianity.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • 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.