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Farewell to Christendom : the future of church and state in America
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Farewell to Christendom : the future of church and state in America

Author: Thomas J Curry
Publisher: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
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"Thomas J. Curry argues that our understanding of the First Amendment has reached a point of deep crisis. Historical scholarship dealing with the background of the amendment is at an impasse, and judicial interpretation is in a state of disarray. Curry traces much of the current difficulty to the largely unexamined assumption on the part of judges and scholars that the amendment created a right - the right to free  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Thomas J Curry
ISBN: 0195145690 9780195145694
OCLC Number: 45757716
Description: viii, 143 p. ; 25 cm.
Responsibility: Thomas J. Curry.
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Thomas Curry argues that discussion and interpretation of the First Amendment have reached a point of deep crisis. His purpose is to provide a new paradigm for the understanding and exploration of  Read more...

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