Keeping the Faith: A Cultural History of the U.S. Supreme CourtKeeping the Faith is an ambitous and accessible history of the nation's highest court. John E. Semonche demonstrates that the fabric of American constitutional law promotes in citizens a 'civil religion, ' or a faith in the laws and institutions of government that is unique to this country. Semonche supports his arguments by analyzing the Court's controversies, members, and decisions from its creation to the present. |
Contents
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD 16201791 | 5 |
ESTABLISHING THE PARAMETERS OF PRIESTLY DUTIES 17901821 | 29 |
EXPOUNDING THE HOLY WRIT IN TROUBLED TIMES 18101860 | 57 |
INTERPRETING NEW AND OLD HOLY BOOKS PART I BEGINNING TO WIDEN THE CIVIL RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY 18601917 | 87 |
INTERPRETING NEW AND OLD HOLY BOOKS PART II PROTECTING PROPERTY AND OTHER INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS IN THE CHANGING... | 121 |
RESPONDING TO NEW CRISES AND EXPLORING THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE CIVIL THEOLOGY 19171941 | 155 |
SEARCHING FOR THE MEANING OF LOYALTY WITHIN THE AMERICAN CIVIL RELIGION 19401959 | 201 |
STRUGGLING TO EQUALIZE JUSTICE AND EXPAND THE CIVIL THEOLOGYS REACH PART I THE MATTER OF RACE 19541997 | 249 |
MAKING THE SCRIPTURES ON INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS NATIONALLY OPERATIVE 19601997 | 337 |
THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY | 385 |
NOTES | 393 |
JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT | 451 |
CASE INDEX | 455 |
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STRUGGLING TO EQUALIZE JUSTICE AND EXPAND THE CIVIL THEOLOGYS REACH PART II OTHER MATTERS INCLUDING GENDER... | 293 |
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