Religious Freedom in America: Constitutional Roots and Contemporary Challengesvolume 1

Book Overview

All Americans, liberal or conservative, religious or not, can agree that religious freedom, anchored in conscience rights, is foundational to the U.S. democratic experiment. But what freedom of conscience means, what its scope and limits are, according to the Constitution--these are matters for heated debate. At a moment when such questions loom ever larger in the nation's contentious politics and fraught policy-making process, this timely book offers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806147075
• ISBN13: 9780806147079
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"