Religion and the Constitution, Volume 1: Free Exercise and Fairness

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Should members of religious sects be able to use peyote in worship How can the law address the refusal of parents to provide medical care to their children or the refusal of doctors to perform abortions This title presents a framework for addressing such questions that involve competing demands of fairness, liberty, and constitutional validity.

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One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2006 "Kent Greenawalt is a masterful guide to the range of issues and varied sources concerning free exercise, and teachers and scholars of constitution law will find his book an invaluable resource on free exercise questions."--L. Joseph Hebert, Law and Politics Book Review "Kent Greenawalt's latest masterwork ... is written with elegance, power, and lucidity--and filled with the kind of wit, wisdom, and Wissenschaft that [his] readers have come to expect."--John Witte, Jr., Constitutional Commentary "[A] comprehensive resource and guide to a wide range of free exercise issues and an incisive reminder of the challenges in interdisciplinary discourse."--Annika Thiem, Law, Culture and the Humanities "Kent Greenawalt argues for taking religion more seriously as a source of meaning in people's lives and accommodating religious freedom to the maximum amount that is consistent with a commitment to fairness."--Law & Social Inquiry

Author Bio

Kent Greenawalt is University Professor at Columbia University, teaching in the law school, and a former Deputy Solicitor General of the United States. His books include "Does God Belong in Public Schools" and "Fighting Words" (both Princeton), as well as "Conflicts of Law and Morality" and "Religious Convictions and Political Choice".