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Thomas Curry argues that discussion and interpretation of the First Amendment have reached a point of deep crisis. Historical scholarship dealing with the background and interpretation of the Amendment are at an impasse, and judicial interpretation is in a state of disarray. Here, Curry provides a new paradigm for the understanding and exploration of religious liberty, contending that much of the present confusion can be traced to habits of mind that persist from Christendom and inevitably draw government into religious matters. The First Amendment, however, was meant to be a departure from the thinking that had preceded it for nearly fifteen hundred years. Curry traces much of the current difficulty to the largely unexamined assumption on the part of judges and scholars that the amendment created a right--the right to free exercise of religion--and that the courts are the guardians of that right. The First Amendment is, in fact, a limitation on government and a guarantee that the government will not impinge on the religious liberty that citizens already possess by natural right. Here, Curry shows that the key to finding more coherence between Church-State decisions and the historical meaning and purpose of the First Amendment lies in embracing this understanding of the Amendment as a limitation on government.

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The refusal of modern governments to uphold the teaching, customs, ethos, and practice of Christianity, either Catholic or Protestant, has resulted in the end of "Christendom."

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  • Title Farewell to Christendom: The Future of Church and State in America
  • Author Thomas J. Curry
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Oxford
  • Publication date 2001-11-08
  • ISBN 9780195145694 / 0195145690
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.46 x 6.34 x 0.7 in (24.03 x 16.10 x 1.78 cm)
  • Reading level 1520
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Theometrics: Academic
  • Category Religion - Socialissues
  • Library of Congress subjects United States, Freedom of religion - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2001016313
  • Dewey Decimal Code 322.109

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Thomas J. Curry is an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and author of The First Freedoms: Church and State in America to the Passage of the First Amendment (OUP, 1986).
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