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Shopping For Religion: The Change In Everyday Religious Practice And Its Importance To The Law, Rebecca Redwood French
Shopping For Religion: The Change In Everyday Religious Practice And Its Importance To The Law, Rebecca Redwood French
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How I Changed My Mind, Thomas L. Shaffer
How I Changed My Mind, Thomas L. Shaffer
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My own changes of mind are not unique. I am one of a small group of law teachers who have, over the last thirty years, become clearer in formulating an Hebraic legal ethic. We are a minority who have become bolder. We owe such courage as we have located for that to modern pioneers, most notably Harold Berman, and, more lately, Emily Hartigan. What has changed most for us has been the clarity of our public witness; the substance all along has been old-time religion. When I say "clarity" I mean that we have come to see this substance in …
Pluralist Establishment: Reflections On The English Experience, Robert E. Rodes
Pluralist Establishment: Reflections On The English Experience, Robert E. Rodes
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England's historical and current synthesis of Church and State differs greatly from other European and American experiences. It contrasts sharply with the path taken by most states, which chose to cope with religious pluralism by privatizing religion and by trying to base public life on secular views of human nature. This paper reviews the unique inception, and continuance, of the church-state throughout English history. It also reviews the unique manner in which England chose to deal with religious pluralism while maintaining its established church. After reviewing the English experience of establishment of religion, this paper concludes that the total wall …
Prayer Amendment: A Justification, Charles E. Rice
Prayer Amendment: A Justification, Charles E. Rice
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It is customary for each house of Congress to open its daily sessions with prayer delivered by its Chaplain. One might conclude that if the lawmakers of the nation are entitled to ask for divine blessing upon their work, so are the rest of us, including school children. Not so. For the Supreme Court of the United States has drawn the line. Legislators may pray, so far at least, but school children may not. Thus it was that the courts intervened to prevent the holding of "a period for the free exercise of religion" in the Netcong, New Jersey, public …
Let Us Pray - An Amendment To The Constitution, Charles E. Rice
Let Us Pray - An Amendment To The Constitution, Charles E. Rice
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The catholic, and especially the Catholic lawyer, ought to consider the school prayer matter in several aspects. One aspect is the problem of constitutionality. Another is the question of the practical benefit to be derived from the institutionalization of governmentally-sponsored religious observances. And a third is the problem of whether the long-term interest of the Church will be served by an amendment to overrule the United States Supreme Court's decisions. It will be profitable here to discuss the problems of constitutionality and practical benefit before proceeding to an inquiry as to whether the Catholic opponents of an amendment are, perhaps …