Atheist Exceptionalism: Atheism, Religion, and the United States Supreme Court

ISBN-13: 9780367590598 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 202 str.

Ethan Quillen

Opis

This book is concerned with the manner by which religious terminology is defined via the discourse adopted by the United States Supreme Court, and the larger American judicial system. Focusing on the religious term of Atheism, it provides both the discourse itself, in the form of case decisions, as well as an analysis of that discourse. The work

Spis treści

Introduction: The Exceptionalism of American Atheism;  Part I: Methodology and Histories;  1: Discourse Analysis and the Definition of Atheism;  2: The Story of America;  3: The United States Supreme Court and American Religion;  Part II: Discourse;  4: McCollum v. Board of Education (1948);  5: Torcaso v. Watkins (1961);  6: Abington v. Schempp/Murray v. Curlett (1963);  7: Welsh v. United States (1970);  8: Elk Grove v. Newdow (2004);  9: Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation (2007);  10: Town of Greece v. Galloway (2014);  Part Three: Conclusions and Consequences;  Conclusion: Atheism, an American Religion;

O autorze

Ethan G. Quillen is an Independent Scholar whose research interests are in the areas of Religion, with a particular focus on Atheism and Secularism, Ethnography and Literature, and Discourse Analysis. He has published on these and related areas.