Religious Freedom and the Churches: Contemporary Challenges in the United States Today
A crucial, but often overlooked, dimension of the human and constitutional right to religious freedom is the autonomy of religious institutions, associations and societies with respect to matters of governance, doctrine, formation and membership. Although the Supreme Court of the United States has a...
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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Sage
[2019]
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Studies in Christian ethics
Ano: 2020, Volume: 33, Número: 2, Páginas: 194-204 |
| Classificações IxTheo: | AD Sociologia da religião CG Cristianismo e política KBQ América do Norte XA Direito |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
clergy abuse
B freedom of association B Pluralism B First Amendment B religion clauses B Religious Liberty B Ministerial Exception B Secularism |
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| Resumo: | A crucial, but often overlooked, dimension of the human and constitutional right to religious freedom is the autonomy of religious institutions, associations and societies with respect to matters of governance, doctrine, formation and membership. Although the Supreme Court of the United States has affirmed this autonomy in the context of American constitutional law, it is vulnerable, and even under threat, for a variety of reasons, including a general decline in the health of civil society and mediating associations and a crisis of confidence and authority caused by clerical sexual abuse and churches' failure to respond to it. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946819896077 |