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Religious liberty in a Lockean society

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Religious liberty in a Lockean society/ by Elissa B. Alzate.
Author:	Alzate, Elissa B.
Published:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan US : : 2017.,
Description:	ix, 104 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Freedom of religion - United States. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58414-4
ISBN:	9781137584144

Religious liberty in a Lockean society
Alzate, Elissa B.

Religious liberty in a Lockean society[electronic resource] /by Elissa B. Alzate. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :2017. - ix, 104 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Palgrave studies in religion, politics, and policy. - Palgrave studies in religion, politics, and policy..

1. Balancing Religious Liberty in the United States -- 2. John Locke and Religious Liberty -- 3. Religious Liberty, Free Exercise, and RFRA in the United States -- 4. 4. Assessing Religious Liberty in a Lockean Society.

This book assesses the concept of religious liberty in the United States according to the political theory of John Locke. Protecting the individual freedom of religion without infringing on the rights of others or on legitimate political authority requires delicate balance. The work analyzes Locke's concept of religious liberty and, from it, derives nine criteria for locating that balance. The most important of these criteria requires government neutrality and equality before the law. The United States has historically struggled with providing this balance, particularly through Supreme Court decisions, resulting in the passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) Application of Locke's criteria for balancing religious liberty and government authority to three recent cases--a government employee, an employer, and a small business owner--reveal that RFRA legislation threatens this balance by undermining neutral government action and treats citizens unequally before the law.

ISBN: 9781137584144

Standard No.: 10.1057/978-1-137-58414-4doiSubjects--Personal Names:

938956
Locke, John,
1632-1704--Philosophy.Subjects--Topical Terms:

575525
Freedom of religion
--United States.

LC Class. No.: KF4783 / .A947 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 342.730852

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