Liberty of Conscience : In Defense of America's Tradition of Religious Equality by Martha Nussbaum

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New York City, NY 2008 Signed by Author. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 406 pages. As New in As New Dust Jacket. The author's philosophical and polemical account on subject. One of the most important cultural events of the year 2008, this book will become a contemporary classic. The true First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. An absorbing, thoughtful, and brilliant history of the religion clauses of the First Amendment, Martha Nussbaum "makes a strong, thorough-going case for America as a haven of religious liberty for believers of all faiths. Beginning with an illuminating rehabilitation of Rhode Island Founder Roger Williams as America's earliest defender of religious equality, Nussbaum continues by examining how Williams' ideals have been both upheld and abandoned throughout the nation's history. Nussbaum comments at length on how these fairly general, vague clauses have been fleshed out by more than two centuries of case law. Refreshingly, Nu

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