Collected Works on Religious Liberty: Overviews and History v. 1 (Emory University Studies in Law and Religion (Eerdmans))

Douglas Laycock

ISBN 10: 0802864651 / ISBN 13: 9780802864659

Published by William B Eerdmans Publishing Co 2010-04-01, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collected Works on Religious Liberty: Overviews and History v. 1 (Emory University Studies in Law and Religion (Eerdmans))
• Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co 2010-04-01
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802864651
• ISBN 13: 9780802864659
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The Collected Works on Religious Liberty comprehensively collects the scholarship, advocacy, and explanatory writings of leading scholar and lawyer Douglas Laycock, illuminating every major religious liberty issue from both theoretical and practical perspectives. / This first volume gives the big picture of religious liberty in the United States. It fits a vast range of disparate disputes into a coherent pattern, from public school prayers to private school vouchers to regulation of churches and believers. Laycock clearly and carefully explains what the law is and argues for what the law should be. He also reviews the history of Western religious liberty from the American founding to Protestant-Catholic conflict in the nineteenth century, using this history to cast light on the meaning of our constitutional guarantees. / Collected Works on Religious Liberty is unique in the depth and range of its coverage. Laycock helpfully includes both scholarly articles and key legal documents, and unlike many legal scholars, explains them clearly and succinctly. All the while, he maintains a centrist perspective, presenting all sides ― believers and nonbelievers alike ― fairly.

About the Author

 

Douglas Laycock is Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law and professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia. In addition to his work as a lawyer, he has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and numerous other publications.