Liberty of Conscience

In Defense of America's Tradition of Religious Equality

By: Martha Nussbaum

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Paperback | 1 January 2010 | Edition Number 1

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In one of the great triumphs of the colonial and Revolutionary periods, the founders of the future United States overcame religious intolerance in favor of a constitutional order dedicated to fair treatment for people's deeply held conscientious beliefs. It granted equal liberty of conscience to all and took a firm stand against religious establishment. This respect for religious difference, acclaimed scholar Martha Nussbaum writes, formed our democracy. Yet today there are signs that this legacy is misunderstood. The prominence of a particular type of Christianity in our public life suggests the unequal worth of citizens who hold different religious beliefs, or no beliefs. Other people, meanwhile, seek to curtail the influence of religion in public life in a way that is itself unbalanced and unfair. Such partisan efforts, Nussbaum argues, violate the spirit of our Constitution. Liberty of Conscience is a historical and conceptual study of the American tradition of religious freedom. Weaving together political history, philosophical ideas, and key constitutional cases, this is a rich chronicle of an ideal of equality that has always been central to our history but is now in serious danger.

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Social Groups Social & Cultural Aspects of Religious Groups Law Laws of Specific Jurisdictions Constitutional & Administrative Law Politics & Government Political Control & Freedoms Human Rights Religious Freedom & Freedom of Worship Jurisprudence & General Issues

Civil Rights & Citizenship Religion & Beliefs

Introduction: A Tradition Under Threat	p. 1
Living Together: The Roots of Respect	p. 34
Proclaiming Equality: Religion in the New Nation	p. 72
The Struggle Over Accommodation	p. 115
Fearing Strangers	p. 175
The Establishment Clause: School Prayer, Public Displays	p. 224
Aid to Sectarian Schools: The Search for Fairness	p. 273
Contemporary Controversies: The Pledge, Evolution, Imagination, Gay Marriage, Fear of Muslims	p. 306
Conclusion: Toward an "Overlapping Consensus"?	p. 354
Acknowledgments	p. 365
Notes	p. 369
Index	p. 395
Index of Cases	p. 405
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