Free Exercise - Religion, the First Amendment, and the Making of America

Free Exercise is an innovative contribution to both United States constitutional history and the history of religious toleration in the United States. It traces the routes by which Americans arrived at the First Amendment's religious clauses, the cultural currents that shaped their meaning, and the consequences that flowed from them.

List of contents

• PREFACE


• INTRODUCTION


• ONE. Changes


• TWO. Duties


• THREE. Cruelties


• FOUR. Civilities


• FIVE. Inequalities


• SIX. Infidels


• EPILOGUE

About the author

Chris Beneke is professor of History and Associate Dean for the First Year Experience and the Bentley Core at Bentley University. He has written extensively about the history of religious toleration, as well as essays on politics, religion, and sports for The Atlantic, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The New Republic, and The Washington Post.

Summary

Free Exercise is an innovative contribution to both United States constitutional history and the history of religious toleration in the United States. It traces the routes by which Americans arrived at the First Amendment's religious clauses, the cultural currents that shaped their meaning, and the consequences that flowed from them.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Beneke, Chris (Professor of History and Associate Beneke, Christopher Beneke, Beneke Chris
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.10.2024
• EAN: 9780197767023
• ISBN: 978-0-19-776702-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / General, LAW / Constitutional, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General, Christianity, History of Religion, Legal History, United States of America, USA, Church history, Specific wars and campaigns, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), American War of Independence, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general