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The Impossibility of Religious Freedom - New Edition (Paperback)
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The Impossibility of Religious Freedom - New Edition (Paperback)
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The Constitution may guarantee it. But religious freedom in America
is, in fact, impossible. So argues this timely and iconoclastic
work by law and religion scholar Winnifred Sullivan. Sullivan uses
as the backdrop for the book the trial of Warner vs. Boca Raton, a
recent case concerning the laws that protect the free exercise of
religion in America. The trial, for which the author served as an
expert witness, concerned regulations banning certain memorials
from a multiconfessional nondenominational cemetery in Boca Raton,
Florida. The book portrays the unsuccessful struggle of Catholic,
Protestant, and Jewish families in Boca Raton to preserve the
practice of placing such religious artifacts as crosses and stars
of David on the graves of the city-owned burial ground. Sullivan
demonstrates how, during the course of the proceeding, citizens
from all walks of life and religious backgrounds were harassed to
define just what their religion is. She argues that their plight
points up a shocking truth: religion cannot be coherently defined
for the purposes of American law, because everyone has different
definitions of what religion is. Indeed, while religious freedom as
a political idea was arguably once a force for tolerance, it has
now become a force for intolerance, she maintains. A clear-eyed
look at the laws created to protect religious freedom, this
vigorously argued book offers a new take on a right deemed by many
to be necessary for a free democratic society. It will have broad
appeal not only for religion scholars, but also for anyone
interested in law and the Constitution. Featuring a new preface by
the author, The Impossibility of Religious Freedom offers a new
take on a right deemed by many to be necessary for a free
democratic society.
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