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The Lustre of Our Country: The American Experience of Religious Freedom

by John T. Noonan Jr.

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The Lustre of Our Country demonstrates how the idea of religious freedom is central to the American experience and to American influence on religion around the world.
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3394 The Lustre of Our Country: The American Experience of Religious Freedom, by John T. Noonan, Jr. (read 24 Jan 2001) This is a great book, full of much insight. Its subtitle does not fully indicate all it discusses. But Chapter 7, called "The Pilgrim's Process," is a devastating consideration of the Supreme Court's troubles with the religious provisions of the First Amendment. Chapter 6 discusses a case I never heard of--the prosecution of Mrs. Ballard for fraud--and is super-interesting. The last chapter tells of the fight at Vatican II for the Declaration on Religious Freedom. Some of the chapters were a little heavy--e.g., Durkheim's Dilemma--but it was never a chore to read this very good book. ( )
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