A01=Steven Brown
Author_Steven Brown
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Christian Coalition
Church-state jurisprudence
Conservative Christian law firms
Constitutional law and religion
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establishment clause
Evangelical activism
First Amendment religion cases
Free speech and religion
Freedom of Religion
Jerry Falwell legal strategy
lawfirms
lawsuits
Legal advocacy and faith
New Christian Right
Pat Robertson ministries
Political Christianity
public interest law
Religious expression in public life
Religious freedom litigation
Steven P. Brown
Product details
- ISBN 9780817351403
- Weight: 290g
- Dimensions: 155 x 227mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jun 2004
- Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Trumping Religion provides a detailed analysis of the five major public-interest law firms that have litigated religion cases in the federal courts between 1980 and 2000. Allied with several highly vocal, evangelical ministries, such as those of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robinson, these legal organizations argue that religious expression is a form of protected speech and thereby gain a greater latitude of interpretation in the courts. The long-term agenda of the New Christian Right as illuminated by this study is to shape church-state jurisprudence in a way that permits free course for the Christian gospel. Steven P. Brown presents his research and conclusions from a balanced viewpoint. By filling a distinct void in the literature, this book will be of considerable interest to political scientists, legal scholars, law schools and seminaries, and anyone concerned with the intersection of religion and judicial politics.
