PDF The Civil War on the Mississippi: Union Sailors; Gunboat Captains; and the Campaign to Control the River by Barbara Brooks Tomblin in History

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The third edition of this classic book provides a comprehensive; multidisciplinary overview of the history; theory; law; and comparative analysis of American religious liberty from the earliest colonial period through the most recent Supreme Court cases. The authors present balanced; accessible discussions of controversial issues; such as funding religious schools and charities and displaying religious symbols on government property. Three chapters new to this edition cover the free exercise of religion; religion and public life; and religious organizations and the law. In addition; an expanded concluding chapter places the American experience in global context by comparing contemporary American religious liberty law with international human rights standards.