Law and Religion – the First Amendment and the Problems of Alienation

Geitner, Lorin

Abstract

Law and Religion – the First Amendment and the Problems of Alienation

Lorin Geitner

Claremont Graduate University

January 20, 2011

Orange County Lawyer, Forthcoming

Abstract:
A survey of the different patterns of the relationship between of law to religion (and vice versa) in the course of world history, in order to provide historical and legal context and argue for the notion that the United States, truly, a secular society, but rather a religiously pluralistic one.

Keywords: theocracy, religious pluralism, atheistic state, secular state, state pluralism, Establishment Clause, Free Exercise Clause

Accepted Paper Series

Date posted: January 23, 2011

Suggested Citation

Geitner, Lorin C., Law and Religion – the First Amendment and the Problems of Alienation (January 20, 2011). Orange County Lawyer, Forthcoming. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1744445

Contact Information

Lorin C. Geitner (Contact Author)

Claremont Graduate University ( email )

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Claremont, CA 91711
United States
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