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Atheist Exceptionalism: Atheism, Religion, and the United States Supreme Court book cover

1st Edition

Atheist Exceptionalism Atheism, Religion, and the United States Supreme Court

By Ethan Quillen Copyright 2018
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge
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Due to its Constitution, and particularly to that Constitution’s First Amendment, the relationship between religion and politics in the United States is rather unusual. This is especially the case concerning the manner with which religious terminology is defined via the discourse adopted by the United States Supreme Court, and the larger American judicial system. Focusing on the religious term of... Read more

Introduction: The Exceptionalism of American Atheism;  Part I: Methodology and Histories;  1: Discourse Analysis and the Definition of Atheism;  2: The Story of America;  3: The United States Supreme Court and American Religion;  Part II: Discourse;  4: McCollum v. Board of Education (1948);  5: Torcaso v. Watkins (1961);  6: Abington v. Schempp/Murray v. Curlett (1963);  7: Welsh v. United States (1970);  8: Elk Grove v. Newdow (2004);  9: Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation (2007);  10: Town of Greece v. Galloway (2014);  Part Three: Conclusions and Consequences;  Conclusion: Atheism, an American Religion;

Biography



Ethan G. Quillen is an Independent Scholar whose research interests are in the areas of Religion, with a particular focus on Atheism and Secularism, Ethnography and Literature, and Discourse Analysis. He has published on these and related areas.

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