The Supreme Court and Religion in American Life: Volume I; The Odyssey of the Religion Clauses

by James Hitchcock

Book Overview

School vouchers. The Pledge of Allegiance. The ban on government grants for theology students. The abundance of church and state issues brought before the Supreme Court in recent years underscores an incontrovertible truth in the American legal system: the relationship between the state and religion in this country is still fluid and changing.

This, the first of two volumes by historian and legal scholar James Hitchcock, provides the first...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691116962
• ISBN13: 9780691116969
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.7"