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Atheist exceptionalism : atheism, religion, and the United States Supreme Court / Ethan G. Quillen.

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Publisher's description: Due to its Constitution, and particularly to that Constitution's First Amendment, the relationship between religion and politics in the United States is rather unusual. This is especially the case concerning the manner with which religious terminology is defined vi...

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Main Author: Quillen, Ethan Gjerset (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Series:ICLARS series on law and religion.
Subjects:
Atheists > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Atheists > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > Cases.
United States.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • The exceptionalism of American atheism
  • Discourse analysis and the definition of atheism
  • The story of America
  • The United States Supreme Court and American religion
  • McCollum v. Board of Education (1948)
  • Torcaso v. Watkins (1961)
  • Abington v. Schempp/Murray v. Curlett (1963)
  • Welsh v. United States (1970)
  • Grove v. Newdow (2004)
  • Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation (2007)
  • Town of Greece v. Galloway (2014)
  • Atheism, an American religion.

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