Real threat and mere shadow : religious liberty and the first amendment / Daniel L. Dreisbach.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Rutherford Institute report ; v. 5.Publication details: Westchester, Ill. : Crossway Books, 1987.Description: 351 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 089107418X
  • 9780891074182
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • KF 4783 .D74
Contents:
Part One: Constitutional Interpretation and Framers' Intent -- I. Bringing the Constitution from the Past into the Present -- II. A Defense of the Intentionalist Approach -- III. A Critique of the Jurisprudence of Original Intention -- IV. Moderating Intentionalism.
Part Two: The First Amendment Religion Clauses in Historical Perspective -- V. Another Look at the Wall -- VI. The Debates on the Religion Clauses in the First Congress -- VII. The Prohibition of the Establishment of a National Church -- VIII. The Establishment of Religion in the States -- IX. Beyond Religious Freedom: A Theory of the Origins of the Free Exercise Clause -- X. Turning the Bill of RIghts on Its Head: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Modern Court -- XI. Shaking the Foundations -- XII. The Many Faces of Jefferson and Madison -- XIII. Thomas Jefferson and the Development of American Church-State Theory -- XIV. James Madison and the Quest for Religious Liberty -- Conclusion: Where Is the Logic?
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-338) and index.

Part One: Constitutional Interpretation and Framers' Intent -- I. Bringing the Constitution from the Past into the Present -- II. A Defense of the Intentionalist Approach -- III. A Critique of the Jurisprudence of Original Intention -- IV. Moderating Intentionalism.

Part Two: The First Amendment Religion Clauses in Historical Perspective -- V. Another Look at the Wall -- VI. The Debates on the Religion Clauses in the First Congress -- VII. The Prohibition of the Establishment of a National Church -- VIII. The Establishment of Religion in the States -- IX. Beyond Religious Freedom: A Theory of the Origins of the Free Exercise Clause -- X. Turning the Bill of RIghts on Its Head: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Modern Court -- XI. Shaking the Foundations -- XII. The Many Faces of Jefferson and Madison -- XIII. Thomas Jefferson and the Development of American Church-State Theory -- XIV. James Madison and the Quest for Religious Liberty -- Conclusion: Where Is the Logic?

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