Religion & Law and - LAW 719

2-3 Hours

The course offers a close analysis of church-state issues throughout America’s history and examines the theological and ecclesiological assumptions underlying the development of the law of religious liberty. Topics include the religious dimensions of American constitutionalism, American civil religion, the role of religion in American politics, the establishment and free exercise clauses of the First Amendment, and the attempt to define religion for constitutional purposes.

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