Redefining the First Freedom: The Supreme Court and the Consolidation of State Power, 1980-1990. (book reviews)

Religious deviance is one of the leading rationales human beings have given for depriving each other of fundamental rights. For worshipping the wrong deity or rock--or for worshipping the right deity or rock in the wrong way--people have been killed, tortured, and imprisoned. Religious minorities who avoid these fates are often treated as second class citizens in their homeland.

State laws privilege dominant faith communities by teaching religious doctrine in schools, placing religious symbols on private property, using tax revenue to pay sectarian expenses and refusing to make ...

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