The First Amendment : the free exercise of religion clause : its constitutional history and the contemporary debate / edited by Thomas C. Berg.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Berg, Thomas C., 1960-
Language:English
Published: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, [2008], ©2008.
Series:Bill of Rights series (Amherst, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Freedom of religion > United States.
Church and state > United States.
Physical Description:378 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Partial Contents:
  • Introductory themes: religious freedom at the founding and today
  • The basic question of exemptions
  • The debate over exemptions and constitutional history
  • Why should religious freedom have distinctive constitutional protection?
  • Defining "religion"
  • Free exercise under current doctrine
  • Judicial exemptions: balancing harms to religion against harms to society
  • The debate over the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)
  • Legislative Accommodations, the institutional roles of courts and legislatures, and the establishment clause
  • Religious institutions' free exercise
  • Free exercise and government funding.