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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      December 2019
      January 2020
      ISBN:
      9781108277716
      9781108417471
      9781108405294
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108277716
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.77kg, 476 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.69kg, 474 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Constitutional and Administrative Law, Law: General Interest, Area Studies, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Law, Politics and International Relations
      Series:
      Cambridge Companions to Law
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    Subjects:
    Constitutional and Administrative Law, Law: General Interest, Area Studies, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Law, Politics and International Relations
    Series:
    Cambridge Companions to Law
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    This book is an interdisciplinary guide to the religion clauses of the First Amendment with a focus on its philosophical foundations, historical developments, and legal and political implications. The volume begins with fundamental questions about God, the nature of belief and worship, conscience, freedom, and their intersections with law. It then traces the history of religious liberty and church-state relations in America through a diverse set of religious and non-religious voices from the seventeenth century to the most recent Supreme Court decisions. The Companion will conclude by addressing legal and political questions concerning the First Amendment and the court cases and controversies surrounding religious liberty today, including the separation of church and state, corporate religious liberty, and constitutional interpretation. This scholarly yet accessible book will introduce students and scholars alike to the main issues concerning the First Amendment and religious liberty, along with offering incisive new insights into one of the most important topics in American culture.

    Reviews

    'This is an impressive collection of new work by some of the most distinguished scholars in the field.'

    Andrew Koppelman - Northwestern University, Illinois

    'Among the most contested issues in contemporary American life are the prudential and constitutional notions of religious liberty and relationships between religion and the civil state. An all-star line-up of scholars have contributed thoughtful, richly researched, and accessible essays to The Cambridge Companion to the First Amendment and Religious Liberty, ably guiding the specialist and non-specialist reader alike through the historical origins, philosophical considerations, and legal doctrines that have shaped constitutional conceptions of religious liberty in the American experience.'

    Daniel L. Dreisbach - School of Public Affairs, American University, and author of Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation between Church and State

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