TY - BOOK AU - Brady,Kathleen A. TI - The distinctiveness of religion in American law: rethinking religion clause jurisprudence T2 - Law and Christianity series SN - 9781107016507 AV - KF4783 .B73 2015 U1 - 342.730852 23 KW - Religion and law KW - United States KW - Freedom of religion KW - Church and state N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I. The distinctiveness of religion -- The development and limits of the equality paradigm -- The continuing power of the equality paradigm -- A unique relationship, a common foundation -- A new framework for religion clause jurisprudence -- Part II. The believer and the state -- Freedom of conscience today : rethinking free exercise exemptions -- Challenges to constructing a right of exemption that is feasible and fair -- Meeting the challenge : lessons from the first Congress -- New proposals for free exercise exemptions -- The role and limits of legislative and administrative accommodation -- Examining sincerity and defining religion -- Conclusion : Secular moral commitments revisited ER -