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The Cambridge Companion to the First Amendment and Religious Liberty

The Cambridge Companion to the First Amendment and Religious Liberty

Author: Michael D. Breidenbach; Owen Anderson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108405294
Published In: January 2020
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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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.

Provides an interdisciplinary approach to the First Amendment
Offers the most up-to-date accounts of Supreme Court cases on the free exercise and establishment clauses of the First Amendment
Features emerging scholars that challenge previous interpretations of the First Amendment, religious liberty, and church-state relations
Gives practical considerations for First Amendment jurisprudence today from scholars who have been in the field

Introduction: assessing the First Amendment and religious liberty in America - Michael D. Breidenbach and Owen Anderson

Part I. Philosophical Foundations:

1. The First Amendment and natural religion - Owen Anderson

2. The philosophical meaning of religious exercise - Janice Tzuling Chik

3. The special status of the right to religious liberty - John Finnis

Part II. Historical Interpretations:

4. Religious exercise and establishment in early America - Glenn A. Moots

5. The historical context of the religion clauses of the First Amendment - Chris Beneke

6. Religious tests, loyalty oaths, and the ecclesiastical context to the First Amendment - Michael D. Breidenbach

7. Church and state in the nineteenth century - Jonathan Den Hartog

8. The First Amendment religion clauses in the United States Supreme Court - Zoë Robinson

Part III. Law, Politics, and Economics: