John E. Semonche

Keeping the Faith (eBook, PDF)

A Cultural History of the U.S. Supreme Court

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This ambitious and accessible history of the nation's highest court contains information important for every American to know.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 499
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2000
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216311430
• Artikelnr.: 75140171

Autorenporträt

John E. Semonche

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Ties That Bind
Chapter 2 "In the Beginning Was the Word," 1620-1791
Chapter 3 Establishing the Parameters of Priestly Duties, 1790-1821
Chapter 4 Expounding the Holy Writ in Troubled Times, 1810-1860
Chapter 5 Interpreting New and Old Holy Books: Part I: Beginning to Widen
the Civil Religious Community, 1860-1917
Chapter 6 Interpreting New and Old Holy Books: Part II: Protecting Property
and Other Individual Rights in the Changing Economy, 1864-1917
Chapter 7 Responding to New Crises and Exploring the Implications of the
Civil Theology, 1917-1941
Chapter 8 Searching for the Meaning of Loyalty within the American Civil
Religion, 1940-1959
Part 9 Struggling to Equalize Justice and Expand the Civil Theology's Reach
Chapter 10 Part I: The Matter of Race, 1954-1997
Chapter 11 Part II: Other Matters Including Gender and Sectarian Religion:
1962-1997
Chapter 12 Making the Scriptures on Individual Rights Nationally Operative,
1960-1997
Chapter 13 The Blessings of Liberty
Chapter 14 Notes
Chapter 15 Justices of the Supreme Court
Chapter 16 Case Index
Chapter 17 Subject Index