Interpreting the free exercise of religion : the Constitution and American pluralism / Bette Novit Evans.

Includes bibliographical references (o, [247]-288) and index.

The search for principles -- Definitions of religion under the Free Exercise Clause -- Burdens to religious beliefs -- The nature of religious exercises -- The autonomy of religious institutions -- Threats to religious identity -- Burdens on religious exercise -- Accommodating, exempting, and balancing : religious freedom and the political process -- The pluralist theory of free exercise.

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In this book, Bette Novit Evans explores the contemporary understandings of this First Amendment guarantee in all of its complexity and ambiguity.

Evans situates constitutional arguments about free exercise within the context of theological and sociological insights about American religious experience. She surveys and evaluates several of the most well considered approaches to religious freedom and applies them to contemporary legal controversies, examining problems in defining religion and claims concerning the autonomy of religious institutions. Her conclusions about religious liberty are embedded in an appreciation of American pluralism: the guarantee of religious freedom, she argues, can be understood as an instrument for fostering alternative sources of meaning within a pluralistic political community.

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