The Americanization of Religious Minorities
Subtitle: Confronting the Constitutional Order
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: September 22, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780801862205
Subjects: Comparative religion; Constitution: government & the state; Ethnic studies; Religious conflict; Religious groups; Religious minorities; Religion And Politics; Social Science; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; United States; Sociology; USA; History; Sociology Of Religion; Political Science / Constitutions; Church and state; Freedom of religion; Religion and law
First sentence: What is the relationship between religion and the authority of the American legal system?
Description: "What happens when a minority religious group's beliefs run counter to the laws and principles of the American constitution? How do Americans reconcile the conflicting demands of church and state?

In The Americanization of Religious Minorities, Eric Michael Mazur recounts the experiences of Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, and Native Americans as cases in which minority religious groups seek to practice their faith in a constitutional order that recognizes a higher authority different from, and sometimes incompatible with, their own."--BOOK JACKET.

"The Americanization of Religious Minorities will be of interest to students and scholars of American religion, American politics, and sociology."--BOOK JACKET.