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The Doctrine Of Religious Freedom, W. Cole Durham Jr.
The Doctrine Of Religious Freedom, W. Cole Durham Jr.
Vol. 2: Service & Integrity
This devotional address was given to the BYU student body on April 3, 2001.
Peacemaking: Our Essential Work In The Last Days, Chieko N. Okazaki
Peacemaking: Our Essential Work In The Last Days, Chieko N. Okazaki
Vol. 2: Service & Integrity
This address was given at the J. Reuben Clark Law Society Conference at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, on February 16, 2007.
And With All Thy Mind, John W. Welch
And With All Thy Mind, John W. Welch
Vol. 2: Service & Integrity
This devotional address was given to the BYU student body on September 30, 2003.
How Do We Practice Our Religion While We Practice?, Thomas B. Griffith
How Do We Practice Our Religion While We Practice?, Thomas B. Griffith
Vol. 2: Service & Integrity
This address was given to the Salt Lake Chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake City on November 19, 2003.
Clark Memorandum: Fall 2009, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Byu Law School Alumni Association, J. Reuben Clark Law School
Clark Memorandum: Fall 2009, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Byu Law School Alumni Association, J. Reuben Clark Law School
The Clark Memorandum
- Latter-day Saint Lawyers and the Public Square (Elder Quentin L. Cook)
- Originalist Roots of Substantive Due Process (Frederick Mark Gedicks)
- The Triumph of the Atonement (Elder Earl C. Tingey)
- The Heart of Lawyering (Kristin B. Gerdy)
Laity And Laicism: Are These Catholic Categories Of Any Use In Analyzing Chilean Church-State Relations? , Jorge Precht Pizarro
Laity And Laicism: Are These Catholic Categories Of Any Use In Analyzing Chilean Church-State Relations? , Jorge Precht Pizarro
BYU Law Review
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American Civil Religion: An Idea Whose Time Is Past, Frederick Mark Gedicks
American Civil Religion: An Idea Whose Time Is Past, Frederick Mark Gedicks
Faculty Scholarship
From the founding of the United States, Americans have understood loyalty to their country as a religious and not just a civic commitment. The idea of a 'civil religion' that defines the collective identity of a nation originates with Rousseau, and was adapted to the United States Robert Bellah, who suggested that a peculiarly American civil religion has underwritten government and civil society in the United States.
Leaving aside the question whether civil religion has ever truly unified all or virtually all Americans, I argue that it excludes too many Americans to function as such a unifying force in the …