The Rise and Decline of American Religious Freedom

Steven D. Smith

Published by Harvard University Press 2014

The Rise and Decline of American Religious Freedom

Steven D. Smith

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674730137

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The First Amendment merely preserved the political status quo in matters of religion, says Steven Smith. America's distinctive achievement was a commitment to open contestation between secularists and providentialists. The twentieth-century Supreme Court's secular neutrality repudiated this commitment, with negative consequences visible today.

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Smith Steven D. :

Steven D. Smith is Warren Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of San Diego and Co-Executive Director of the USD Institute for Law and Religion.

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Smith argues that the goal of American religious liberty has been ill served by the Supreme Court doctrines of the past half century. No mere diatribe, but a careful critique by a tremendously erudite and subtle scholar, The Rise and Decline of American Religious Freedom is one of the most important books on religious liberty in years.
-- Andrew Koppelman, Northwestern University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Prologue. The Standard Story and the Revised Version Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. American Religious Freedom as Christian- Pagan Retrieval Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
2. The Accidental First Amendment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
3. The Religion Question and the American Settlement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
4. Dissolution and Denial Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
5. The Last Chapter? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Epilogue. Whither (Religious) Freedom?, Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 240

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Published: February 18, 2014
ISBN: 9780674730137