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ISBN: | 1400844851 9781400844852 1283683571 9781283683579 9781400852345 140085234X 9780691153612 0691153612
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Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-180) and index. In English. Print version record.
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Summary: | This provocative book addresses one of the most enduring puzzles in political philosophy and constitutional theory--why is religion singled out for preferential treatment in both law and public discourse? Why, for example, can a religious soup kitchen get an exemption from zoning laws in order to expand its facilities to better serve the needy, while a secular soup kitchen with the same goal cannot? Why is a Sikh boy permitted to wear his ceremonial dagger to school while any other boy could be expelled for packing a knife? Why are religious obligations that conflict with the law accorded spe.
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Other form: | Print version: 9780691153612 0691153612
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Standard no.: | 10.1515/9781400852345
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