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Interpreting the Free Exercise of Religion: The Constitution and American Pluralism
Bette Novit Evans
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Paperback. This study of religious freedom in contemporary America situates constitutional arguments about free exercise within theological and sociological insights about American religious experience. The book's conclusions about religious liberty are embedded in an appreciation of American pluralism. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490. Very clean copy
A generation ago, all of the big questions concerning religious freedom in America seemed to have been resolved. At the very least, the lines of division between proponents of a wall of separation between church and state and advocates of religious accommodation seemed clearly drawn. Since then, increasing religious diversity and changing functions of government have raised new questions about what it means to allow the free exercise of religion. In this book, Bette Novit Evans explores the contemporary understandings of this First Amendment guarantee in all of its complexity and ambiguity. Evans situates constitutional arguments about free exercise within ... Read more
A generation ago, all of the big questions concerning religious freedom in America seemed to have been resolved. At the very least, the lines of division between proponents of a wall of separation between church and state and advocates of religious accommodation seemed clearly drawn. Since then, increasing religious diversity and changing functions of government have raised new questions about what it means to allow the free exercise of religion. In this book, Bette Novit Evans explores the contemporary understandings of this First Amendment guarantee in all of its complexity and ambiguity. Evans situates constitutional arguments about free exercise within ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
Used, Like New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807846742
SKU
KST0009582
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About Bette Novit Evans
Bette Novit Evans is associate professor of political science at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.
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