{"product_id":"no-establishment-of-religion-americas-original-contribution-to-religious-liberty-9780199860395","title":"No Establishment of Religion: America's Original Contribution to Religious Liberty","description":"The First Amendment guarantee that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion rejected the millennium-old Western policy of supporting one form of Christianity in each nation and subjugating all other faiths. The exact meaning and application of this American\u003cbr\u003einnovation, however, has always proved elusive. Individual states found it difficult to remove traditional laws that controlled religious doctrine, liturgy, and church life, and that discriminated against unpopular religions. They found it even harder to decide more subtle legal questions that\u003cbr\u003econtinue to divide Americans today: Did the constitution prohibit governmental support for religion altogether, or just preferential support for some religions over others? Did it require that government remove Sabbath, blasphemy, and oath-taking laws, or could they now be justified on other\u003cbr\u003egrounds? Did it mean the removal of religious texts, symbols, and ceremonies from public documents and government lands, or could a democratic government represent these in ever more inclusive ways? These twelve essays stake out strong and sometimes competing positions on what no establishment of\u003cbr\u003ereligion meant to the American founders and to subsequent generations of Americans, and what it might mean today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e T. Jeremy Gunn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199860395\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eT. Jeremy Gunn \u003c\/strong\u003eteaches international relations at Al Akhawayn University in Morocco and is Senior Fellow of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. His numerous publications include \u003cem\u003eA Standard for Repair: The Establishment Clause, Equality, and Natural Rights\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e Spiritual\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eWeapons: The Cold War and the Forging of an American National Religion. \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Witte, Jr\u003c\/strong\u003e. is Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law, Alonzo L. McDonald Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion Center at Emory University. He has published 200 articles and 26 books, including \u003cem\u003eReligion and the American Constitutional Experiment\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eReligion and Human Rights: An Introduction. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39937666318451,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ac063d32-b887-4468-a97f-42001749343e.jpg?v=1647995330","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/no-establishment-of-religion-americas-original-contribution-to-religious-liberty-9780199860395","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}