This accessible and authoritative introduction tells the American story of religious liberty from its colonial beginnings to the latest Supreme Court cases. The

Calls for a return to the principled approach to religious rights, evident both in the American founding era and in the modern human rights movement.

A final chapter shows how favorably American religious freedom compares with international human rights norms and European Court of Human Rights case law. Lucid

This new edition offers a novel reading of the American constitutional experiment in religious liberty. Lucid and engaging, this volume serves as a provocative

Based on two new studies, "American Grace" examines the impact of religion on American life and explores how that impact has changed in the last half-century.