Religion, Morality, and the Constitutional Order
- ISBN-10
- 0872291723
- ISBN-13
- 9780872291720
- Category
- Freedom of religion
- Pages
- 78
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-01-01
- Publisher
- American Historical Association
- Author
- Linda Przybyszewski
Description
Historically, debates over the meaning of religious liberty in the United States has taken place largely at the local level. Linda Przybyszewski examines the origins of this sociopolitical custom and how it changed in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries as the Supreme Court opened the door to federal challenges to local religious interpretations of the First Amendment.
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