The American Constitution and religion
By: Richard J. Regan
Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780813221533; 9780813221526
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Religion and state; Religion, Politics & State; Philosophy; Constitutional; RELIGION; Constitutional law; Freedom of religion; LAW; Public
Description: "Regan reconsiders some of the most important Supreme Court cases regarding the establishment clause and the free exercise of religion. Governmental aid to church-affiliated elementary schools and colleges; state-sponsored prayer and Bible reading; curriculum that includes creationism; tax exemption of church property; publicly sponsored Christmas displays--these and other notable cases are discussed in Regan's chapters on the religious establishment clause. On the topic of the free-exercise clause, Regan considers such subjects as the value of religious freedom, as well as the place of religious beliefs in public schooling and government affairs. Important cases concerning conscientious objection to war, regulation of religious organizations and personnel, and western traditions of conscience are also examined."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The regime principles of the Constitution; title: The First Amendment and religion; title: The Fourteenth Amendment and the First; title: Religious establishment and governmental aid to church-related schools; title: Religious establishment and public schools and public colleges; title: Religious establishment and other questions; title: The free exercise of religion; title: Conscientious objectors to war; title: Regulation of religious organizations and personnel; title: Western traditions of conscience; title: Appendix. A typology of conflicts between individual conscience and public law.