author | Insight Turkey https://www.insightturkey.com/ author EN authorIn five chapters Smith looks into the standard story of the development of religious freedom in America and proposes a revised version of it, which revolves around a “Kingdom of God in America.” (p. 12) Smith’s counter-narrative traces the intellectual roots of religious freedom farther back than the Enlightenment to predominantly Christian emphases on the freedom of the church and the liberty of conscience. With a re-interpretation of the First Amendment’s phrase “no establishment of religion” Smith heavily criticizes recent Supreme Court decisions and suggests that virtually all of America’s founders expected religion to play a major role in the nation’s governance. https://www.insightturkey.com/author/thomas-k-gugler/the-rise-and-decline-of-american-religious-freedomhttps://www.insightturkey.com/author/thomas-k-gugler/the-rise-and-decline-of-american-religious-freedomThu, 01 Oct 2015 11:30:00 GMT