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020			_a9781108652841 (ebook)
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050	0	0	_aK3240 _b.W58 2022
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100	1		_aWitte, John, _cJr., _d1959- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe blessings of liberty : _bhuman rights and religious freedom in the western legal tradition / _cJohn Witte, Jr.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2022.
300			_a1 online resource (xv, 316 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aLaw and Christianity
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Oct 2021).
505	0		_aChristian contributions to the development of rights and liberties in the Western legal tradition -- Magna Cartas old and new : rights and liberties in the Anglo-American common law -- Natural law and natural rights in the early Protestant tradition -- "A most mild and equitable establishment of religion" : religious freedom in Massachusetts, 1780-1833 -- Historical foundations and enduring fundamentals of American religious freedom -- Balancing the guarantees of no establishment and free exercise of religion in American education -- Tax exemption of religious property : historical anomaly or valid constitutional practice? -- Faith in Strasbourg? religious freedom in the European Court of Human Rights -- Meet the new boss of religious freedom : the new cases of the Court of Justice of the European Union -- Concluding reflections : toward a Christian defense of human rights and religious freedom today.
520			_aLeading legal scholar John Witte, Jr. explores the role religion played in the development of rights in the Western legal tradition and traces the complex interplay between human rights and religious freedom norms in modern domestic and international law. He examines how US courts are moving towards greater religious freedom, while recent decisions of the pan-European courts in Strasbourg and Luxembourg have harmed new religious minorities and threatened old religious traditions in Europe. Witte argues that the robust promotion and protection of religious freedom is the best way to protect many other fundamental rights today, even though religious freedom and other fundamental rights sometimes clash and need judicious balancing. He also responds to various modern critics who see human rights as a betrayal of Christianity and religious freedom as a betrayal of human rights.
610	2	0	_aEuropean Court of Human Rights.
630	0	0	_aMagna Carta _xInfluence.
650		0	_aHuman rights.
650		0	_aFreedom of religion _zEuropean Union countries.
650		0	_aFreedom of religion _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aChristianity and law.
650		0	_aChristianity _xInfluence.
650		0	_aCivil rights _xReligious aspects _xChristianity.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108429207
830		0	_aLaw and Christianity.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781108652841
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