Our Ancient Liberties
Author | : Leon Whipple |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Constitutional law |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Leon Whipple |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Constitutional law |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Annie Besant |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1878 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Alonzo Trévier Jones |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 1895 |
Genre | : Church and state |
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Author | : Arlin M. Adams |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 189 |
Release | : 2015-02-23 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0812292324 |
Here is a concise overview of the historical development and judicial interpretation of the First Amendment religion clauses. It begins with a survey of the history of American religious liberty, goes on to present the views of the Founding Fathers, and then considers the core value of religious liberty and the constitutional purposes that implement that value. the book ends on a practical note by applying these principles to questions of equal access, religious symbolism in public life, and the task of defining religion for constitutional purposes. As the authors note in their introduction, "the historical principles that animate the religion clauses are more than an abstract intellectual exercise. . . . They provide an essential context for guiding the resolution of modern religious liberty issues."
Author | : Bruce T. Murray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
From the Publisher: In recent years a series of highly publicized controversies has focused attention on what are arguably the sixteen most important words in the U.S. Constitution: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The ongoing court battles over the inclusion of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, the now annual cultural quarrel over "Merry Christmas" vs. "Happy Holidays," and the political promotion of "faith-based initiatives" to address social problems-all reflect competing views of the meaning of the religious liberty clauses of the First Amendment. Such disputes, as Bruce T. Murray shows, are nothing new. For more than two hundred years Americans have disagreed about the proper role of religion in public life and where to draw the line between church and state. In this book, he reexamines these debates and distills the volumes of commentary and case law they have generated. He analyzes not only the changing contours of religious freedom but also the phenomenon of American civil religion, grounded in the notion that the nation's purpose is sanctified by a higher authority-an idea that can be traced back to the earliest New England colonists and remains deeply ingrained in the American psyche. Throughout the book, Murray connects past and present, tracing the historical roots of contemporary controversies. He considers why it is that a country founded on the separation of church and state remains singularly religious among nations, and concludes by showing how the Supreme Court's thinking about the religious liberty clauses has evolved since the late eighteenth century.
Author | : W. D. Hughes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 2019-05-10 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9783337781804 |
Author | : William Craig Brownlee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1836 |
Genre | : Anti-Catholicism |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Charles William Wendte |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : Christian sects |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Philip Schaff |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1888 |
Genre | : Church and state |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Merrill D. Peterson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2003-10-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521892988 |
This book colourfully examines a famous Jeffersonian document which set the precedent for the US Constitution's guarantee of religious liberty. Jefferson wrote the Virginia Statute, shepherded it through a decade-long struggle to adoption, and included it in his epitaph (along with the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the University of Virginia). The Statute's history reflects two key revolutionary principles: absolute freedom of religious conscience; and the separation of church and state. Both principles remain lively topics of debate on the contemporary religious and political scene. Papers collected here were presented at a conference sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy. Among the contributors are several of America's most prominent religious and political historians and experts on jurisprudence.