The Production of American Religious Freedom

by Finbarr Curtis

Book Overview

Americans love religious freedom. Few agree, however, about what they mean by either "religion" or "freedom." Rather than resolve these debates, Finbarr Curtis argues that there is no such thing as religious freedom. Lacking any consistent content, religious freedom is a shifting and malleable rhetoric employed for a variety of purposes. While Americans often think of freedom as the right to be left alone, the free exercise of religion works to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479882119
• ISBN13: 9781479882113
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"