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"Toward Benevolent Neutrality" (5th edition, 1996), a longstanding
favorite for professors of church-and-state relationships in the
U.S., has been revised and updated by one original author, Robert
B. Flowers, and two new ones, Melissa Rogers and Steven K. Green.
"Religious Freedom and the Supreme Court" contains a new
introduction clearly explaining specific ways the Court delineates
the idea of religious freedom on a case-by-case basis. As clearly
written as its predecessor, and as appropriate for the classroom,
this new book contains explanations of more recent cases, decided
by a contemporary Supreme Court. It is clear, relevant, and an
essential text for the twenty-first century.
Steven K. Green, renowned for his scholarship on the
separation of church and state, charts the career of the concept
and helps us understand how it has fallen into disfavor with many
Americans. In 1802, President Thomas Jefferson distilled a
leading idea in the early American republic and wrote of a wall of
separation between church and state. That metaphor has come down
from Jefferson to twenty-first-century Americans through a long
history of jurisprudence, political contestation, and cultural
influence. This book traces the development of the concept of
separation of church and state and the Supreme Court's application
of it in the law.  Green finds that conservative
criticisms of a separation of church and state overlook the strong
historical and jurisprudential pedigree of the idea. Yet, arguing
with liberal advocates of the doctrine, he notes that the idea
remains fundamentally vague and thus open to loose interpretation
in the courts. As such, the history of a wall of separation is more
a variable index of American attitudes toward the forces of
religion and state.  Indeed, Green argues
that the Supreme Court's use of the wall metaphor has never been
essential to its rulings. The contemporary battle over the idea of
a wall of separation has thus been a distraction from the real
jurisprudential issues animating the contemporary courts.Â
All Americans, liberal or conservative, religious or not, can agree
that religious freedom, anchored in conscience rights, is
foundational to the U.S. democratic experiment. But what freedom of
conscience means, what its scope and limits are, according to the
Constitution - these are matters for heated debate. At a moment
when such questions loom ever larger in the nation's contentious
politics and fraught policy-making process, this timely book offers
invaluable historical, empirical, philosophical, and analytical
insight into the American constitutional heritage of religious
liberty. As the contributors to this interdisciplinary volume
attest, understanding religious freedom demands taking multiple
perspectives. The historians guide us through the legacy of
religious freedom, from the nation's founding and the rise of
public education, through the waves of immigration that added
successive layers of diversity to American society. The social
scientists discuss the swift, striking effects of judicial decision
making and the battles over free exercise in a complex,
bureaucratic society. Advocates remind us of the tensions abiding
in schools and other familiar institutions, and of the major role
minorities play in shaping free exercise under our constitutional
regime. And the jurists emphasize that this is a messy area of
constitutional law. Their work brings out the conflicts inherent in
interpreting the First Amendment - tensions between free exercise
and disestablishment, between the legislative and judicial branches
of government, and along the complex and ever-shifting boundaries
of religion, state, and society. What emerges most clearly from
these essays is how central religious liberty is to America's civic
fabric - and how, under increasing pressure from both religious and
secular forces, this First Amendment freedom demands our full
attention and understanding.
Ryan Hinricher and Stephen Green founded Investor Nation in 2009.
The housing and mortgage crisis was in full swing and many people
fled real estate investments. Hinricher and Green felt it was the
beginning of a whole new real estate opportunity: value investing.
These two real estate investors have executed more than $55 million
in real estate transactions since 2000, and they know the long
term, highly profitable approach isn't about "fast flips" or cheap
rental properties.
One of the most enduring themes in United States history is that of
its religious founding. This narrative is pervasive in school
textbooks, political lore, and the popular consciousness. It is
central to the way in which many Americans perceive the historical
legacy of their nation. It is also largely a myth-one that this
book sets out to unravel. Steven K. Green explores the historical
record that supports the popular belief about the nation's
religious origins. His aim is not to take part in the irresolvable
debate over whether the Founders were devout Christians or
atheistic deists, or whether the people of the founding generation
believed chiefly in divine providence and the role of religion in
public life or in separation of church and state. Rather, he seeks
to explain how the ideas of America's religious founding and its
status as a Christian nation became a leading narrative about the
nation's collective identity. Moreover, Green takes seriously the
notion that America's religious founding is a myth not merely in
the colloquial sense, but also in a deeper sense, as a shared story
that shapes the way we define ourselves and gives meaning to our
history.
Few constitutional issues have been as contentious in modern times
as those concerning school prayer and the public funding of
religious schools. But as Steven K. Green surprisingly reveals in
The Bible, the School, and the Constitution, the apogee of this
debate was probably reached about one hundred and forty years ago,
in the years between 1863 and 1876. As Green shows, the controversy
over Bible reading in public schools captured national attention to
an unprecedented degree, providing Americans with the opportunity
to engage in a grand-and sometimes not so grand-public debate over
the meaning of separation of church and state. Rarely in the
nation's history have people from such various walks of
life-Protestants and Catholics, skeptics and theocrats, nativists
and immigrants, educators and politicians-been able to participate
in a national discussion over the meaning of a constitutional
principle. The debates of this period, Green shows, laid the
foundation for constitutional arguments that still rage today.
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