Contemporary Paganism [electronic resource] : Minority Religions in a Majoritarian America / by C. Barner-Barry.
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9781403973382
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/25479
Yazar
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2005.
Yayın Bilgisi
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Fiziksel Niteleme
XI, 242 p. online resource.
Özet, vb.
This book explores the legal bias in the United States against Paganism and other non-Christian religions. Despite being one of the most religiously diverse countries in the world, the U.S. legal system developed when the population was predominantly Christian. Built into the law is the tacit assumption that all religions and religious practices resemble Christianity. Using the Pagans as a case study, Barner-Barry shows how their experiences demonstrate that both the law affecting nondominant religions and the judiciary that interprets this law are significantly biased in favor of the dominant religion, Christianity. This creates legal problems, as well as problems of intolerance, for religions with significantly different practices. Special attention is given to a series of Supreme Court decisions interpreting the Freedom of Religion Clause in terms of neutrality and interpreting the Establishment Clause loosely and its impact on nondominant religions in the US.
Konu
Religion and sociology.
Political science.
Sociology of Religion.
Political Science.
Political science.
Sociology of Religion.
Political Science.
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