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The right to be wrong [electronic resource] : ending the culture war over religion in America / Kevin Seamus Hasson.

by Hasson, Kevin James.

San Francisco, Calif. : Encounter Books, c2005.

Freedom of religion -- United States.

Religious tolerance -- United States.

United States -- Religion.

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http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=CDD92406-CCCC-4432-B0E5-5E962920BE7E This title is available online; click here to access

xii, 176 p. ; 24 cm.

pt. 1 Learning the hard way : Of pilgrims and park rangers : the extremists among us -- Pluralism, conscience and community : reflections on the Pilgrims' lack of progress -- Religion in public culture : reflections on Christmas in Plymouth Colony -- What about proselytizing? : reflections on the Puritans' paranoia about dissent -- Heavens no, we won't go : reflections on how the Quakers invented conscientious objection -- Why tolerance is intolerable : reflections on the failure of the refuge colonies.

pt. 2 Groping for a right : From tolerance to natural rights : reflections on the battle for disestablishment in Virginia -- Inalienable rights, slightly alienated : reflections on Thomas Jefferson in public and in private -- The early First Amendment : a disappointing compromise; reflections on Madison's greatest failure -- In the states, the aftermath of compromise : reflections on legalized persecution under the early First Amendment.

pt. 3 Authentic freedom : Where does religious liberty come from? : reflections on who we are to deserve freedom -- Personal, not private : reflections on why believers do it in public -- The First Amendment at midlife : reflections on the incorporation doctrine, and how two wrongs make a right of uncertain scope -- The right to be wrong : ending the culture war.

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