Foundations of religious freedom. A plea for religious liberty / Roger Williams (1644) ; A letter concerning toleration / John Locke (1689) ; Memorial and remonstrance against religious assessments / James Madison (1785) ; The Virginia statute for religious freedom / Thomas Jefferson (1786) ; First Amendment to the United States Constitution (1791) -- Church and state. Letter to Touro Synagogue / George Washington (1790) ; Letter to the Danbury Baptists / Thomas Jefferson (1802) ; Veto act on incorporating the Alexandria Protestant Episcopal Church / James Madison (1811) ; Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971) ; Lynch v. Donnelly (1984) ; County of Allegheny v. ACLU, Greater Pittsburgh chapter (1989) ; Town of Greece v. Calloway (2014) ; American Legion v. American Humanist Association (2019) -- The right to practice religion. Sherbert v. Verner (1963) ; Employment Division v. Smith (1990) ; Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. Hialeah (1993) ; Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores (2014) ; Holt v. Hobbs (2015) -- Religious freedom and discrimination. Islam is peace / President George W. Bush (2001) ; A more perfect union / President Barack Obama (2008) ; Executive order protecting the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States / President Donald J. Trump (2017) ; Brief of constitutional law scholars as amicus curiae in Trump v. Hawaii (2018) ; Dissenting opinion in Trump v. Hawaii / Justice Sonia Sotomayor (2018) ; Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (2018).
Summary:
"The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." This work features a curated series of historical, political, and legal classic writings by John Locke, James Madison, Roger Williams, and others, that address religious freedom, including the right to religious belief and expression, and a guarantee that the government neither prefers religion over non-religion nor favors particular faiths over others. Part of the Penguin Liberty series, it includes a series introduction and volume introduction by series editor Corey Brettschneider"-- Provided by publisher.
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