Rise and Decline of American Religious Freedom

Auteur: Smith, Steven D.
Editeur: Harvard University Press
The First Amendment merely preserved the political status quo in matters of religion, says Steven Smith. America's distinctive achievement was a commitment to open contestation between secularists and providentialists. The twentieth-century Supreme Court's secular neutrality repudiated this commitment, with negative consequences visible today.

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The First Amendment merely preserved the political status quo in matters of religion, says Steven Smith. America's distinctive achievement was a commitment to open contestation between secularists and providentialists. The twentieth-century Supreme Court's secular neutrality repudiated this commitment, with negative consequences visible today.
ISBN / EAN 9780674724754
Auteur Smith, Steven D.
Editeur Harvard University Press