Keeping the Faith A Cultural History of the U. S. Supreme Court

Name: Keeping the Faith A Cultural History of the U. S. Supreme Court
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ISBN: 9780847689866

ISBN-10: 0847689867

ISBN-13: 9780847689866

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Authors: John E. Semonche

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This ambitious and accessible history of the nation's highest court demonstrates that the fabric of American constitutional law promotes in citizens a civil religion, or a faith in the laws and institutions of government that is unique to this country.

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List price: $30.00
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/19/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 5.88" wide x 8.92" long x 1.08" tall
Weight: 1.430



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Ties That Bind



"In the Beginning Was the Word," 1620-1791



Establishing the Parameters of Priestly Duties, 1790-1821



Expounding the Holy Writ in Troubled Times, 1810-1860



Interpreting New and Old Holy Books: Part I: Beginning to Widen the Civil Religious Community, 1860-1917



Interpreting New and Old Holy Books: Part II: Protecting Property and Other Individual Rights in the Changing Economy, 1864-1917



Responding to New Crises and Exploring the Implications of the Civil Theology, 1917-1941



Searching for the Meaning of Loyalty within the American Civil Religion, 1940-1959



Struggling to Equalize Justice and Expand the Civil Theology's Reach: Part I: The Matter of Race, 1954-1997



Struggling to Equalize Justice and Expand the Civil Theology's Reach: Part II: Other Matters Including Gender and Sectarian Religion, 1962-1997



Making the Scriptures on Individual Rights Nationally Operative, 1960-1997


Conclusion: The Blessings of Liberty


Notes


Justices of the Supreme Court


Case Index


Subject Index


About the Author