The Constitution may guarantee it. But religious freedom in America is, in fact, impossible. So argues this timely and iconoclastic work by law and religion scholar Winnifred Sullivan. Sullivan uses as the backdrop for the book the trial of Warner vs. Boca Raton, a recent case concerning the laws that protect the free exercise of religion in America. The trial, for which the author served as an expert witness, concerned regulations banning certain memorials from a multiconfessional nondenominational cemetery in Boca Raton, Florida. The book portrays the unsuccessful struggle of Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish families in Boca Raton to preserve the practice of placing such religious artifacts as crosses and stars of David on the graves of the city-owned burial ground. Sullivan demonstrates how, during the course of the proceeding, citizens from all walks of life and religious backgrounds were harassed to define just what their religion is. She argues that their plight points up a shocking truth: religion cannot be coherently defined for the purposes of American law, because everyone has different definitions of what religion is. Indeed, while religious freedom as a political idea was arguably once a force for tolerance, it has now become a force for intolerance, she maintains. A clear-eyed look at the laws created to protect religious freedom, this vigorously argued book offers a new take on a right deemed by many to be necessary for a free democratic society. It will have broad appeal not only for religion scholars, but also for anyone interested in law and the Constitution.
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在美国高度个人化的宗教环境里没有权威可以给出一个全面的宗教定义，故而不得不将每个个人认为他个人信仰的权威。另外，宗教本身讲究的是一种超出世俗生活，不同于国家和法律约束的另一种约束。要通过国家机关和法律来实现对这种超出世俗法的约束的保护也是困难的。对宗教行为的保护也与平等原则冲突。
评分在美国高度个人化的宗教环境里没有权威可以给出一个全面的宗教定义，故而不得不将每个个人认为他个人信仰的权威。另外，宗教本身讲究的是一种超出世俗生活，不同于国家和法律约束的另一种约束。要通过国家机关和法律来实现对这种超出世俗法的约束的保护也是困难的。对宗教行为的保护也与平等原则冲突。
评分在美国高度个人化的宗教环境里没有权威可以给出一个全面的宗教定义，故而不得不将每个个人认为他个人信仰的权威。另外，宗教本身讲究的是一种超出世俗生活，不同于国家和法律约束的另一种约束。要通过国家机关和法律来实现对这种超出世俗法的约束的保护也是困难的。对宗教行为的保护也与平等原则冲突。
评分在美国高度个人化的宗教环境里没有权威可以给出一个全面的宗教定义，故而不得不将每个个人认为他个人信仰的权威。另外，宗教本身讲究的是一种超出世俗生活，不同于国家和法律约束的另一种约束。要通过国家机关和法律来实现对这种超出世俗法的约束的保护也是困难的。对宗教行为的保护也与平等原则冲突。
评分在美国高度个人化的宗教环境里没有权威可以给出一个全面的宗教定义，故而不得不将每个个人认为他个人信仰的权威。另外，宗教本身讲究的是一种超出世俗生活，不同于国家和法律约束的另一种约束。要通过国家机关和法律来实现对这种超出世俗法的约束的保护也是困难的。对宗教行为的保护也与平等原则冲突。
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