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Religious Liberty in a Lockean Society (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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Religious Liberty in a Lockean Society (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Series: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
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This book assesses the concept of religious liberty in the United
States according to the political theory of John Locke. Protecting
the individual freedom of religion without infringing on the rights
of others or on legitimate political authority requires delicate
balance. The work analyzes Locke's concept of religious liberty
and, from it, derives nine criteria for locating that balance. The
most important of these criteria requires government neutrality and
equality before the law. The United States has historically
struggled with providing this balance, particularly through Supreme
Court decisions, resulting in the passage of the Religious Freedom
Restoration Act (RFRA). Application of Locke's criteria for
balancing religious liberty and government authority to three
recent cases-a government employee, an employer, and a small
business owner-reveal that RFRA legislation threatens this balance
by undermining neutral government action and treats citizens
unequally before the law.
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