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Author Brown, Steven Preston.

Title Trumping religion : the new Christian right, the free speech clause, and the courts / Steven P. Brown.

Imprint Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c2002.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  342.0852 B815t 2002    ---  Available
Description viii, 187 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-180) and index.
Contents The Bible and the bench : an introduction to new Christian right activism in the courts -- A perfect state of society : the emergence of conservative Christian public interest law -- One in purpose : the firms that litigate the new Christian right agenda -- "Incremental pragmatism" : legal strategies of the new Christian right -- Scaling the establishment wall : free speech and the Supreme Court's religion cases -- Pathbreakers and gatekeepers : the lower federal court response to the new Christian right -- Money, media, and (not so) gentle persuasion : new Christian right lawyers outside the courtroom -- Legal right or gospel tool? : the past and future of the new Christian right's free speech strategy in the courts.
Subject Church and state.
Freedom of religion.
Christianity and politics.
ISBN 0817311785 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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