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Catholic Constitutionalism From The Americanist Controversy To Dignitatis Humanae, Anna Su
Catholic Constitutionalism From The Americanist Controversy To Dignitatis Humanae, Anna Su
Notre Dame Law Review
This Article, written for a symposium on the fiftieth anniversary of Dignitatis Humanae, or the Roman Catholic Church’s Declaration on Religious Freedom, traces a brief history of Catholic constitutionalism from the Americanist controversy of the late nineteenth century up until the issuance of Dignitatis Humanae as part of the Second Vatican Council in 1965. It argues that the pluralist experiment enshrined in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was a crucial factor in shaping Church attitudes towards religious freedom, not only in the years immediately preceding the revolutionary Second Vatican Council but ever since the late nineteenth century, …
The Tortuous Course Of Religious Freedom, Steven D. Smith
The Tortuous Course Of Religious Freedom, Steven D. Smith
Notre Dame Law Review
This Essay, written for a conference at Notre Dame on Dignitatis Humanae, considers new challenges to and issues for religious freedom that have arisen recently in a world significantly changed from that of the 1960s, when the Declaration was first issued.