The First Liberty: America's Foundation in Religious Freedom
William Lee Miller
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Description for The First Liberty: America's Foundation in Religious Freedom
Hardcover. This revised edition includes a new introduction which discusses how religious liberty has taken on deeper dimensions in a post-9/11 world. It includes new material on Supreme Court cases involving church-state relations and a new concluding chapter on America's religious and political landscape. Num Pages: 296 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HRCX6; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
At a time when the concept of religion-based politics has taken on new and sometimes ominous tones-even within the United States-it is not only right, but also urgently necessary that William Lee Miller revisit his profound exploration of the place of religious liberty and church and state in America. For this revised edition of The First Liberty, Miller has written a pointed new introduction, discussing how religious liberty has taken on deeper dimensions in a post-9/11 world. With new material on recent Supreme Court cases involving church-state relations and a new concluding chapter on America's religious and political landscape, this ... Read more
At a time when the concept of religion-based politics has taken on new and sometimes ominous tones-even within the United States-it is not only right, but also urgently necessary that William Lee Miller revisit his profound exploration of the place of religious liberty and church and state in America. For this revised edition of The First Liberty, Miller has written a pointed new introduction, discussing how religious liberty has taken on deeper dimensions in a post-9/11 world. With new material on recent Supreme Court cases involving church-state relations and a new concluding chapter on America's religious and political landscape, this ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9780878408993
SKU
V9780878408993
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About William Lee Miller
William Lee Miller is now Scholar in Ethics and Institutions at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. He retired from the faculty of University of Virginia in 1999 as Commonwealth Professor, and the Thomas C. Sorensen Professor, of Political and Social Thought. He has taught also at Yale University, Smith College, Indiana University, and other ... Read more
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