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Antonin Scalia, Baruch Spinoza, And The Relationship Between Church And State, Steven Goldberg
Antonin Scalia, Baruch Spinoza, And The Relationship Between Church And State, Steven Goldberg
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I begin with an outline of Spinoza's philosophy on church and state, followed by a demonstration that Scalia is headed in the same direction. I conclude by considering how Spinoza and Scalia might react to recent litigation in South Dakota involving an excommunication from a close-knit religious community, the Hutterite Church.