Religious Expression and the American Constitution

Franklyn S. Haiman

• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Year: 2003
• Print ISBN:
  9780870136917
  9780870136900
• eBook ISBN:
  9781628951783
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Linguistics
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

First Amendment rights have been among the most fiercely debated topics in the aftermath of 9/11. In the current environment and fervor for "homeland security," personal freedoms in exchange for security are coming under more scrutiny. Among these guaranteed freedoms are the protection of religious expression given by the U.S. Constitution and the constitutional prohibitions against behaviors that violate the separation of church and state. The mandate that the government "shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" is a general principle that has guided American courts in interpreting the original intent of the First Amendment. In Religious Expression and the American Constitution, Haiman focuses on the current state of American law with respect to a broad range of controversial issues affecting religious expression, both verbal and nonverbal, along with a review of the recent history of each issue to provide a full understanding.

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Praise
• Preface
• 1 - Historical Background
• 2 - Understanding the First Amendment
• 3 - Religious Expression in Public Places
• 4 - Religious Expression in Public Schools
• 5 - Public Funding of Religious Schools
• 6 - Historical Issues of Religious Expression versus Competing Social Interests
• 7 - Current Issues of Religious Expression versus Competing Social Interests
• 8 - Religious Expression and Political Life
• Appendices
• Appendix 1. Roger Williams’s - Bloudy Tenent of Persecution, 1644 [Part of the ...
• Appendix 2. The General Laws and Liberties of the Massachusetts Colony, 1646
• Appendix 3. Maryland Act Concerning Religion, 1649
• Appendix 4. John Locke’s Letter Concerning Toleration, 1689
• Appendix 5. Jefferson’s Notes on Virginia, 1782
• Appendix 6. James Madison’s Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious ...
• Appendix 7. Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, 1786
• Appendix 8. Thomas Jefferson’s Reply to the Danbury Baptist Association, 1802
• Appendix 9. Engel v Vitale 370 U.S. 421 (1962)
• Appendix 10. Lemon v Kurtzman 403 U.S. 602 (1971)
• Appendix 11. Wisconsin v Yoder 406 U.S. 205 (1972)
• Appendix 12. Marsh v Chambers 463 U.S. 783 (1983)
• Appendix 13. Lynch v Donnelly 465 U.S. 668 (1984)
• Appendix 14. Wallace v Jaffree 472 U.S. 38 (1985)
• Appendix 15. Lee v Weisman 505 U.S. 577 (1992)
• Notes