Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-18-2015
Abstract
This article addresses whether the religion clauses of the US Constitution prohibit the injection of religious values into political debate I argue that Christianity hegemonically controls American society and culturally oppresses outgroup religions particularly the prototypical minority religion of Judaism I critically analyze how the constitutional principle of separation of church and state contributes to the current orientation of power within American society I approach the problem of Christian social power from three perspectives symbolic power structural power and the relationship between symbolic and structural power
Recommended Citation
Feldman, Stephen Matthew, "Principle, History, and Power: The Limits of the First Amendment Religion Clauses" (2015). Faculty Articles. 115.
https://scholarship.law.uwyo.edu/faculty_articles/115
First Page
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