Trumping religion : the new Christian right, the free speech clause, and the courts /

The first scholarly treatment of the strategies employed by the New Christian Right in litigating cases regarding religion. Trumping Religion provides a detailed analysis of the five major public-interest law firms that have litigated religion cases in the federal courts between 1980 and 2000. Allie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Steven P., 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Church and state > United States.
Freedom of religion > United States.
Christianity and politics > United States.
Église et État > États-Unis.
Liberté religieuse > États-Unis.
Christianisme et politique > États-Unis.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Christianity and politics
Church and state
Freedom of religion
Religionsfreiheit
Staat
Kirche
Politik
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Bible and the bench : an introduction to new Christian right activism in the courts
  • A perfect state of society : the emergence of conservative Christian public interest law
  • One in purpose : the firms that litigate the new Christian right agenda
  • "Incremental pragmatism" : legal strategies of the new Christian right
  • Scaling the establishment wall : free speech and the Supreme Court's religion cases
  • Pathbreakers and gatekeepers : the lower federal court response to the new Christian right
  • Money, media, and (not so) gentle persuasion : new Christian right lawyers outside the courtroom
  • Legal right or gospel tool? : the past and future of the new Christian right's free speech strategy in the courts.

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