The Americanization of Religious Minorities

Description

"What happens when a minority religious group's beliefs run counter to the laws and principles of the American constitution? How do Americans reconcile the conflicting demands of church and state? In The Americanization of Religious Minorities, Eric Michael Mazur recounts the experiences of Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, and Native Americans as cases in which minority religious groups seek to practice their faith in a constitutional order that recognizes a higher authority different from, and sometimes incompatible with, their own."--BOOK JACKET. "The Americanization of Religious Minorities will be of interest to students and scholars of American religion, American politics, and sociology."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

What is the relationship between religion and the authority of the American legal system?

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Other Editions

• The Americanization of Religious Minorities: Confronting the Constitutional OrderHardcoverThe Johns Hopkins University Press1999-09-22
• The Americanization of Religious MinoritiesPaperbackThe Johns Hopkins University Press2004-07-01