04555cam a2200697Mi 4500 ocn835787745 OCoLC 20200709055655.0 m d cr ||||||a|||| 120719s2013 mau ob 001 0 eng d CN8ML eng pn CN8ML OCLCO VMC OCLCF OCLCO COO YDXCP N$T UMC EMU E7B JSTOR OCLCQ EBLCP DEBSZ CUS UIU 822667264 923118954 9780674067561 0674067568 9780674066465 (alk. paper) 0674066464 (alk. paper) (OCoLC)835787745 (OCoLC)822667264 (OCoLC)923118954 n-us--- AE5 .H378 Internet LAW 018000 bisacsh LAW 075000 bisacsh PHI019000 bisacsh REL084000 bisacsh LAW018000 bisacsh 342.7308/52 23 MAIN Koppelman, Andrew, author. Defending American Religious Neutrality [electronic resource] / Andrew Koppelman. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013. 1 online resource (248 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier OldControl:harvard. 9780674067561. Made available online by De Gruyter. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- The American specification of neutrality -- Corruption of religion and the establishment clause -- Religion clause doctrine explained -- Why single out religion? -- A secular state? "Although it is often charged with hostility toward religion, First Amendment doctrine in fact treats religion as a distinctive human good. It insists, however, that this good be understood abstractly, without the state taking sides on any theological question. Here, a leading scholar of constitutional law explains the logic of this uniquely American form of neutrality--more religion-centered than liberal theorists propose, and less overtly theistic than conservatives advocate. The First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of religion is under threat. Growing numbers of critics, including a near-majority of the Supreme Court, seem ready to cast aside the ideal of American religious neutrality. Andrew Koppelman defends that ideal and explains why protecting religion from political manipulation is imperative in an America of growing religious diversity. Understanding American religious neutrality, Koppelman shows, can explain some familiar puzzles. How can Bible reading in public schools be impermissible while legislative sessions begin with prayers, Christmas is an official holiday, and the words "under God" appear in the Pledge of Allegiance? Are faith-based social services, public financing of religious schools, or the teaching of intelligent design constitutional? Combining legal, historical, and philosophical analysis, Koppelman shows how law coherently navigates these conundrums. He explains why laws must have a secular legislative purpose, why old, but not new, ceremonial acknowledgments of religion are permitted, and why it is fair to give religion special treatment."--Publisher's website. Church and state United States. Ecclesiastical law United States. Freedom of religion United States. LAW Constitutional. bisacsh LAW Public. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY Political. bisacsh Church and state. fast (OCoLC)fst00860509 Ecclesiastical law. fast (OCoLC)fst00901292 Freedom of religion. fast (OCoLC)fst00934030 United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 Church and state -- United States. Ecclesiastical law -- United States. Freedom of religion -- United States. Electronic books. Print version: Koppelman, Andrew. Defending American religious neutrality. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013 9780674066465 (DLC) 2012008382 (OCoLC)778828824 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=508387 ebrary EBRY ebr10640105 EBSCOhost EBSC 508387 YBP Library Services YANK 9663399 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL3301183 92 N$T 52108 52108