Religious Freedom and the Constitution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religious Freedom and the Constitution write by Christopher L. Eisgruber. This book was released on 2010-04-10. Religious Freedom and the Constitution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Religion has become a charged token in a politics of division. In disputes about faith-based social services, public money for religious schools, the Pledge of Allegiance, Ten Commandments monuments, the theory of evolution, and many other topics, angry contestation threatens to displace America's historic commitment to religious freedom. Part of the problem, the authors argue, is that constitutional analysis of religious freedom has been hobbled by the idea of "a wall of separation" between church and state. That metaphor has been understood to demand that religion be treated far better than other concerns in some contexts, and far worse in others. Sometimes it seems to insist on both contrary forms of treatment simultaneously. Missing has been concern for the fair and equal treatment of religion. In response, the authors offer an understanding of religious freedom called Equal Liberty. Equal Liberty is guided by two principles. First, no one within the reach of the Constitution ought to be devalued on account of the spiritual foundation of their commitments. Second, all persons should enjoy broad rights of free speech, personal autonomy, associative freedom, and private property. Together, these principles are generous and fair to a wide range of religious beliefs and practices. With Equal Liberty as their guide, the authors offer practical, moderate, and appealing terms for the settlement of many hot-button issues that have plunged religious freedom into controversy. Their book calls Americans back to the project of finding fair terms of cooperation for a religiously diverse people, and it offers a valuable set of tools for working toward that end.
Religious Freedom and Rule of the Law
Religious Freedom and Rule of the Law - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religious Freedom and Rule of the Law write by Xigiu Fu. This book was released on 2003. Religious Freedom and Rule of the Law available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Religions, Rights and Laws
Religions, Rights and Laws - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religions, Rights and Laws write by Anthony Bradney. This book was released on 1993. Religions, Rights and Laws available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The central concern of this book is the interaction between the idea of religious freedom and the regulation of a modern state by laws. Hence it primarily addresses the structure of and reasons for the legal order rather than describing legal rules. It is a book about law rather than a mere law book. The author begins by examining the nature of religion, the differences between religious and secular philosophies and existing notions of rights. In Part 2 he illustrates the relationship between legal rules and religion by means of case studies: the laws applying the conscientious objection to trade union membership, religious education in schools, Sunday trading, religious slaughter, charities and blasphemy. Part 3 ponders the links between freedom of belief and freedom of practice, discusses the idea of legislation against religious discrimination and concludes with a discussion of the prospects for religious freedom under the law. Although practising and academic lawyers will obviously find this book useful, it will also be valued by students and teachers of religious studies, sociologists and philosophers.
Religious Exemptions
Religious Exemptions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religious Exemptions write by Kevin Vallier. This book was released on 2018. Religious Exemptions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Religious exemptions have a long history in American law, but have become especially controversial over the last several years. The essays in this volume address the moral and philosophical issues that the legal practice of religious exemptions often raises.
Law, Religion, Constitution
Law, Religion, Constitution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Law, Religion, Constitution write by W. Cole Durham. This book was released on 2016-04-29. Law, Religion, Constitution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What is the place assigned to religion in the constitutions of contemporary States? What role is religion expected to perform in the fields that are the object of constitutional regulation? Is separation of religion and politics a necessary precondition for democracy and the rule of law? These questions are addressed in this book through an analysis of the constitutional texts that are in force in different parts of the world. Constitutions are at the centre of almost all contemporary legal systems and provide the principles and values that inspire the action of the national law-makers. After a discussion of some topics that are central to the constitutional regulation of religion, the book considers a number of national systems covering countries with a variety of religious and cultural backgrounds. The final section of the book is devoted to the discussion of the constitutional regulation of some particularly controversial issues, such as religious education, the relation between freedom of speech and freedom of religion, abortion, and freedom of conscience.
