{"product_id":"religious-freedom-and-the-supreme-court-9781602581609","title":"Religious Freedom and the Supreme Court","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eToward Benevolent Neutrality\u003c\/i\u003e (5th edition, 1996), a longstanding favorite for professors of church-and-state relationships in the U.S., has been revised and updated by one original author, Robert B. Flowers, and two new ones, Melissa Rogers and Steven K. Green. \u003ci\u003eReligious Freedom and the Supreme Court\u003c\/i\u003e contains a new introduction clearly explaining specific ways the Court delineates the idea of religious freedom on a case-by-case basis. As clearly written as its predecessor, and as appropriate for the classroom, this new book contains explanations of more recent cases, decided by a contemporary Supreme Court. It is clear, relevant, and an essential text for the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn authoritative handbook, striking in its probing analysis of the enduring teachings of the First Amendment.  -John Witte, Jr., Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law, Emory Law School, Director, Center for the Study of Law and Religion\u003cbr\u003eThis volume is hefty and comprehensive but also straightforward, accessible, and well organized.... Perceptive study questions point the reader toward both open questions and animating premises.... recommended. -- First Things\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 The Impact of the U.S. Supreme Court on American Religious Freedom \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 Understanding the Supreme Court \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Understanding the Protection of \"\"Rights\"\" and \"\"Liberties\"\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 The Historical Background to the First Amendment Religion Clauses \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Themes and Trends in First Amendment Interpretation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Originalism and Its Critics \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 \"\"Nonpreferentialism\"\" and Government Financial Aid for Religion \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Incorporation of the Establishment Clause\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 The \"\"Distinctiveness\"\" of Religion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 \"\"No-Aid Separation\"\" v. \"\"Evenhanded Neutrality\"\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 Use of Speech Principles in Religion Clause Jurisprudence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9 Accommodation of Religion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 \"\"Play In the Joints\"\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11 \"\"Complementary Values, Conflicting Pressures\"\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 What Is Religion? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 The Concept of Standing \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12 Flast v. Cohen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Valley Forge College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14 Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15 Elk Grove Unified School District v. Michael A. Newdow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Free Exercise Clause\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 Basic Concepts and Development of Free Exercise Doctrine \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16 The \"\"Belief-Action\"\" Dichotomy (Reynolds v. United States; Davisv. Beason)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17 Religious Liberty as Due Process Liberty (Pierce v. Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18 Conscientious Objector Cases (United States v. Schwimmer; Girouard v. United States; Hamilton v. Regents of the University of California)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e19 Embracing Free Exercise as a Right (Cantwell v. State of Connecticut; West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette; Prince v. Massachusetts)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20 Early Free Exercise on Government Property (Davis v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Murdock v. Pennsylvania; Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness; International Society for Krishna Consciousness v. Lee)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Rise and Fall of Free Exercise Exemptions: From Sherbert to Smith \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e21 The Rise of Judically Mandated Free Exercise Exemptions (Sherbert v. Verner; Wisconsin v. Yoder)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e22 Refining the Sherbert Test (United States v. Lee; Thomas v. Review Board; Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission of Florida; Frazee v. Illinois Employment Security Department)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e23 Free Exercise in Transition (Bowen v. Roy; Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association; Goldman v. Weinberger; O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz; Hernandez v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue; Jimmy Swaggart Ministries v. Board of Equalization)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 Rise and Fall of Free Exercise Exemptions: Smith and Beyond \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24 The Fall of Judicially Mandated Free Exercise Exemptions (Employment Division v. Smith)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e25 The Free Exercise Clause Beyond Smith (Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e26 Congress Stands in the Gap: RFRA and RLUIPA (City of Boerne v. Archbishop Flores; Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao Do Vegetal; Cutter v. Wilkinson)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9 Churches and the Civil Justice System \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e27 Church Autonomy\/Schisms (Watson v. Jones; Gonzalez v. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila; Kedroff v. St. Nicholas Cathedral; Presbyterian Church in the United States v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e28 Religious Torts (United States v. Ballard; Nally v. Grace Community Church; Molko v. Holy Spirit Association; Moses v. Diocese of Colorado)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 Religious Organizations as Employers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e29 Government Oversight of Employment Practices (National Labor Relations Board v. The Catholic Bishop of Chicago; Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation v. Secretary of Labor)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30 Employment Actions by Religious Organizations (Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Pacific Press Publishing Association; Gellington v. Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, Inc.; Bollard v. California Diocese \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eof the Society of Jesus) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Establishment Clause I\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11 Government Funding of Religious Schools: The Rise and Application of the \"\"No-Aid\"\" Principle \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e31 The Emergence of Nonsectarian Public Education and the No-Funding Principle; Developing Principles (Everson v. Board of Education of Ewing Township)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 The High Point of \"\"No-Aid\"\" (Lemon v. Kurtzman; Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Nyquist; Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Regan; School District of Grand Rapids v. Ball)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12 Government Funding of Religious Schools: The Rise of Even-handed Neutrality and Private Choice \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e33 Mueller v. Allen; Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District; Agostini v. Felton; Mitchell v. Helms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e34 Zelman v. Simmons-Harris; Locke v. Davey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Government Aid to Higher Education \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e35 Tilton v. Richardson; Hunt v. McNair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e36 Roemer v. Board of Public Works of Maryland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14 Religious Organizations and Government-Funded Social Services \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e37 Bradfield v. Roberts; Bowen v. Kendrick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e38 \"\"Charitable Choice\"\" and the \"\"Faith-Based Initiative\"\" (Charitable Choice; The Bush Administration's Faith-Based Initiative [Executive Order 13279]; Freedom from Religion Foundation v. McCallum)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15 Government Funds and Religious Institutions: A Look toward the Future \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Establishment Clause II\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16 Religious Expression and Public Schools: Background, Released-Time Programs and the 1960's School-Prayer Decisions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e39 Historical Background: The Common School Movement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e40 \"\"Released-Time\"\" Programs (McCollum v. Board of Education; Zorach v. Clauson)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e41 State-sponsored Prayer and Bible Reading: The 1960s Cases (Engel v. Vitale; School District of Abington Township v. Schempp)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17 Religious Expression in Public Schools: Moments of Silence and Post-1960s School-Prayer Cases \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e42 Wallace v. Jaffree\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e43 Lee v. Weisman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e44 Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18 Religious Expression in Public Schools: Religion and the Curriculum and Presidential Guidelines on Religion and Public Schools \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e45 Religion and the Public School Curriculum (Religious Objections to Curriculum: Evolution and Religion [Epperson v. Arkansas; Edwards v. Aguillard]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e46 \"\"Opt outs\"\" [Mozert v. Hawkins County Board of Education]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e47 School-sponsored Religious Displays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e48 Teaching About Religion in an Academic, Rather than a Devotional, Manner)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e49 Presidential Guidelines on Religious Expression in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools (\"\"Guidance on Constitutionally Protected Prayer in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools\"\")\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e19 Equal Access \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e50 Widmar v. Vincent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e51 Board of Education v. Mergens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e52 Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e53 Good News Club v. Milford Central School\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e54 Other Religious Expression\/Access Issues (Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20 Religious Symbols on Government Property \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e55 Lynch v. Donnelly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e56 County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e57 Capitol Square Review v. Pinette\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e58 McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e59 Van Orden v. Perry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e21 Government Acknowledgements of Religion, Government Chaplains, Religion and Politics, and Religion in the Governmental Workplace \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e60 Governmental Acknowledgements of Religion and Government Chaplains (Marsh v. Chambers; Katcoff v. Marsh; Delores Rudd v. The Honorable Robert D. Ray)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e61 Religion and Politics (McDaniel v. Paty; Branch Ministries v. Rossotti)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e62 Religion in the Federal Workplace (\"\"Guidelines on Religious Exercise and Religious Expression in the Federal Workplace\"\")\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e22 Religious Preferences\/Delegations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e63 Government Preferences of Religion (Torcaso v. Watkins; Larson v. Valente)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e64 Government Delegations of Authority to Religion (Larkin v. Grendel's Den; Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e23 Legislative Accommodation of Religious Exercise \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e65 Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e66 Trans World Airlines v. Hardison\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e67 Estate of Thornton v. Caldor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e68 Corporation of Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints v. Amos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e69 Texas Monthly v. Bullock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e70 Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e71 Cutter v. Wilkinson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Bill Establishing a Provision for Teachers of the Christian Religion \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMemorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelected Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Baylor University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041595982167,"sku":"9781602581609","price":51.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781602581609.jpg?v=1750950926","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/religious-freedom-and-the-supreme-court-9781602581609","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}