This book is an interdisciplinary guide to the religion clauses of the First Amendment with a focus on its philosophical foundations, historical developments, a

Offers historical, philosophical, legal, and political insights into the First Amendment, religious liberty, and church-state relations.

How early American Catholics justified secularism and overcame suspicions of disloyalty, transforming ideas of religious liberty in the process. In colonial Ame

This book explains why the United States, a country that values religious freedom, has persecuted some religious minorities while protecting others. It explores

Provides the first comprehensive post-Heller account of the Second Amendment as constitutional law - dispelling many myths along the way.