Title: The First Amendment : the free exercise of religion clause : its constitutional history and the contemporary debate /
Authors: Berg, Thomas C., 1960-
Publisher: Prometheus Books,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Freedom of religion United States; Church and state United States
Contents: Introductory themes: religious freedom at the founding and today -- The basic question of exemptions -- The debate over exemptions and constitutional history -- Why should religious freedom have distinctive constitutional protection? -- Defining "religion" -- Free exercise under current doctrine -- Judicial exemptions: balancing harms to religion against harms to society -- The debate over the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) -- Legislative Accommodations, the institutional roles of courts and legislatures, and the establishment clause -- Religious institutions' free exercise -- Free exercise and government funding.