Fundamentalism in American religion and law : Obama's challenge to patriarchy's threat to democracy /

Argues that fundamentalism in religion and law threatens democratic values, and discusses Obama's resistance to originalism.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richards, David A. J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • The progressive recognition of human rights under American constitutional law
  • The fundamentalism of constitutional originalism
  • The motivations of constitutional fundamentalism
  • Fundamentalism in Roman Catholicism
  • Fundamentalism among protestants
  • Mormon fundamentalism
  • Patriarchal roots of constitutional fundamentalism
  • Fundamentalism in religion and law : a critical overview
  • Conclusion : patriarchy as the American dilemma : facing the problem of fundamentalism at home and abroad.