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Author Hammond, Phillip E.

Title Religion on trial : how Supreme Court trends threaten freedom of conscience in America / Phillip E. Hammond, David W. Machacek, Eric Michael Mazur.

Imprint Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, c2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  342.0852 H184r 2004    ---  Available
Description xix, 179 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Powers, rights, and freedoms -- Religious liberty and the freedom of conscience -- The nineteenth century Supreme Court and "republican protestantism" -- E unum pluribus : out of one, many -- Separation of church and state expands -- Three case studies : [abortion, euthanasia, homosexuality]-- Regressivism on the Court : religious freedom on trial -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: to the Honorable General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia a memorial and remonstrance ; Act for establishing religious freedom] -- Appendix 2: separationist votes by U.S. Supreme Court justices since 1960.
Subject Freedom of religion.
United States. Supreme Court.
Added Author Machacek, David W.
Mazur, Eric Michael.
ISBN 0759106010 (pbk.)
0759106002 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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