TY - BOOK ID - 77869131 TI - Masters of illusion PY - 2007 SN - 0814769179 0814776760 1429490233 9781429490238 9780814776766 9780814775851 0814775853 9780814769171 PB - New York New York University Press DB - UniCat KW - Church and state KW - Freedom of religion KW - Christianity and state KW - Separation of church and state KW - State and church KW - State, The KW - Freedom of worship KW - Intolerance KW - Liberty of religion KW - Religious freedom KW - Religious liberty KW - Freedom of expression KW - Liberty KW - Interpretation and construction. KW - Law and legislation KW - United States. KW - Commandments. KW - Ravitch. KW - clause. KW - contemporary. KW - courthouses. KW - debates. KW - demonstrate. KW - displaying. KW - does. KW - drawing. KW - interpretation. KW - neutrality. KW - pluralistic. KW - prayer. KW - principle. KW - principles. KW - religion. KW - school. KW - society. KW - such. KW - that. KW - unpacks. KW - various. KW - work. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77869131 AB - Many legal theorists and judges agree on one major premise in the field of law and religion: that religion clause jurisprudence is in a state of disarray and has been for some time. In Masters of Illusion , Frank S. Ravitch provocatively contends that both hard originalism (a strict focus on the intent of the Framers) and neutrality are illusory in religion clause jurisprudence, the former because it cannot live up to its promise for either side in the debate and the latter because it is simply impossible in the religion clause context. Yet these two principles have been used in almost every S ER -