{"product_id":"religious-liberty-and-the-american-founding-natural-rights-and-the-original-meanings-of-the-first-amendment-religion-clauses-hardcover","title":"Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment Religion Clauses - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVincent Phillip Muñoz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn insightful rethinking of the meaning of the First Amendment's protection of religious freedom.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Founders understood religious liberty to be an inalienable natural right. Vincent Phillip Muñoz explains what this means for church-state constitutional law, uncovering what we can and cannot determine about the original meanings of the First Amendment's Religion Clauses and constructing a natural rights jurisprudence of religious liberty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on early state constitutions, declarations of religious freedom, Founding-era debates, and the First Amendment's drafting record, Muñoz demonstrates that adherence to the Founders' political philosophy would lead neither to consistently conservative nor consistently liberal results. Rather, adopting the Founders' understanding would lead to a minimalist church-state jurisprudence that, in most cases, would return authority from the judiciary to the American people. Thorough and convincing, \u003ci\u003eReligious Liberty and the American Founding\u003c\/i\u003e is key reading for those seeking to understand the Founders' political philosophy of religious freedom and the First Amendment Religion Clauses.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVincent Phillip\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMuñoz\u003c\/b\u003e is the Tocqueville Associate Professor of Political Science and Concurrent Associate Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame. He is the founding director of Notre Dame's Center for Citizenship \u0026amp; Constitutional Government. His scholarship has been cited multiple times in church-state Supreme Court opinions, most recently by Justice Alito in \u003ci\u003eFulton v. City of Philadelphia \u003c\/i\u003e(2021) and by both Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Thomas in \u003ci\u003eEspinoza v. Montana\u003c\/i\u003e (2020).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 24, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44388610408550,"sku":"9780226821429","price":184.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Nzhua2VhWDRkNk92N3BEWEk2TTdhQT09.webp?v=1769176459","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/religious-liberty-and-the-american-founding-natural-rights-and-the-original-meanings-of-the-first-amendment-religion-clauses-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}