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"In recent years, the United States has witnessed a number of high-profile court cases involving religion, forcing Americans to grapple with questions regarding the relationship between religion and law. This volume maps the contemporary interplay of religion and law within the study of American religions. What rights are protected by the Constitution's free exercise clause? What are the boundaries of religion, and what is the constitutional basis for protecting some religious beliefs but not others? What characterizes a religious-studies approach to religion and law today? What is gained by approaching law from the vantage point of religious studies, and what does attention to the law offer back to scholars of religion? Religion, Law, USA considers all these questions and more. Each chapter considers a specific keyword in the study of religion and law, such as "conscience," "establishment," "secularity," and "personhood." Contributors consider specific case studies related to each term, and then expand their analyses to discuss broader implications for the practice and study of American religion"--Back cover.

Religion and state --- Freedom of religion --- Religion and law --- USA --- United States. --- AI. --- Blackpentecostalism. --- Boy Scouts of America v Dale. --- Boy Scouts of America. --- Brown v Board. --- Burwell v Hobby Lobby. --- Catholicism. --- Constitution. --- Dred Scott v Sandford. --- Elk Grove Unified School District. --- Employment Division v Smith. --- Everson v Board of Education. --- First Amendment. --- Gloucester County School Board v GG. --- Hobby Lobby. --- Lawrence v Texas. --- Little Sisters of the Poor. --- Muslim ban. --- Native Americans. --- Nomos and Narrative. --- Page Law. --- Pledge of Allegiance. --- Protestantism. --- Roe v Wade. --- Supreme Court. --- Taíno. --- Trump v Hawaii. --- US legal history. --- US v Seeger. --- United States. --- abortion. --- amicus curiae. --- artificial intelligence. --- artificial persons. --- autonomous cars. --- civil rights. --- colonialism. --- comparison. --- conscientious objection. --- critical race theory. --- doctrine of discovery. --- ethics. --- free exercise. --- gay rights. --- heterosexuality. --- homosexuality. --- legal subjectivity. --- morals. --- neutrality. --- pluralism. --- political theology. --- polygamy. --- privacy. --- racialization. --- recognition. --- religious freedom. --- religious refusal. --- secularism. --- secularization. --- settler colonialism.