Getting Over Equality

A Critical Diagnosis of Religious Freedom in America

By: Steven D. Smith

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Hardcover | 1 October 2001

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Ambitious in scope, yet full of detailed and incisive criticisms of specific cases and theological principles, Getting Over Equality is an uncommon work of truly interdisciplinary scholarship. The provocative legal and theological theses make it a welcome addition to contemporary scholarship in both fields and a recommended text from any course that considers law and religion in the American context.--The Journal of ReligionQuestions of religious freedom continue to excite passionate public debate. Proposals involving school prayer and the posting of the Ten Commandments in schools and courtrooms perennially spur controversy. But there is also a sense that the prevailing discourse is exhausted, that no one seems to know how to think about religious freedom in a way that moves beyond our stale, counterproductive thinking on this issue.In Getting over Equality, Steven D. Smith, one of the most important voices now writing about religious liberty, provocatively contends that we must get over our presumption --mistakenly believed to be rooted in the Constitution --that all religions are equally true and virtuous and authentically American. Smith puts forth an alternative view, that the courts should promote an ideal of tolerance rather than equality and neutrality. Examining such controversial examples as the animal sacrifice case, the peyote case, and the problem of aid to parochial schools, Smith delineates a way for us to tolerate and respect contrary creeds without sacrificing or diluting our own beliefs --and without pretending to believe in a spurious equality among the variety of diverse faiths.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Beyond Failure	p. 1
How Firm a Foundation?	p. 7
Blooming Confusion: Religious Equality in the "Age of Madison"	p. 10
Religion, Democracy, and Autonomy: A Political Parable	p. 27
Is a Theory of Religious Freedom Possible?	p. 45
What Shall We Do? (or How the Supreme Court Can Stop Making Things Worse)	p. 59
Unprincipled Religious Freedom	p. 62
The Unhappy Demise of the Doctrine of Tolerance	p. 83
Demons in the Discourse	p. 116
Can Faith Tolerate?	p. 141
The (Compelling?) Case for Religious Intolerance	p. 144
Theism and Tolerance	p. 163
Notes	p. 185
Index	p. 211
About the Author	p. 214
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