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Freedom of Religion

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The Messy Reality of Religious Freedom in America
Religious Freedom Legislation in Texas Takes Aim at Same-Sex Marriage
The article focuses on religious freedom related bill that governs same-sex marriage in Texas. Topics discussed include enactment of Religious Freedom Restoration Act for governing individual's free exercise of religion
Competing Freedoms: Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Sexual and Reproductive Liberty in Pluralistic Societies
Recent events in several states, along with the United States Supreme Court's recent decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, have resulted in a national debate often pitting religious freedom against the civil rights and civil liberties of the LGBT community.
Why Religious Freedom? Why the Religiously Committed, the Religiously Indifferent, and Those Hostile to Religion Should Care
The article focuses on freedom of religion and belief (FORB) and the entire human rights project may collapse from its own weight and resist statism and other monistic views of state power
Religious Freedom, Free Speech and Equality: Conflict or Cohesion?
There have recently been a number of high profile political incidents, and legal cases, that raise questions about hate speech. At the same time, the tensions, and perceived conflicts, between religion and sexuality have become controversial topics
Is There a Human Right to Freedom of Religion?
A human right to freedom of religion is not equivalent to a right to tolerance. Human rights and tolerance-rules serve for different purposes and are based on different justifications

Religious Freedom by John A. Ragosta
ISBN: 9780813933702
Publication Date: 2013-04-22
For over one hundred years, Thomas Jefferson and his Statute for Establishing Religious Freedom have stood at the center of our understanding of religious liberty and the First Amendment.
Religious Freedom in America by Michael C. LeMay
ISBN: 9781440851049
Publication Date: 2018-01-12
This book provides the answers to controversial questions about religious liberties in the United States and connected issues through balanced, thorough, and nonjudgmental coverage of the issues in a reference format.
Encyclopedia of Religious Freedom by Catharine Cookson (Editor)
ISBN: 0961716401
Publication Date: 2003-06-23
The intertwined issues of religious freedom, religious rights and church-state relations are a major issue around the world. In fact, much of the story of human history is the story of quests for freedom by different religious groups in different places at different times. These quests and stories continue today in many countries.
Religious Origins of American Freedom and Equality by David Peddle
ISBN: 9780739189177
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
The metaphor of a "wall of separation" between church and state obscures the substantial connection that exists between the Christian religion and American liberalism. The central thesis of this work challenges the legitimacy of this metaphor as it appears in Supreme Court decisions and in the thought of the philosopher John Rawls.

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
USCIRF is an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission, the first of its kind in the world, dedicated to defending the universal right to freedom of religion or belief abroad
Your Right to Religious Freedom; ACLU
The Bill of Rights guarantees that the government can never deprive people in the U.S. of certain fundamental rights including the right to freedom of religion and to free speech and the due process of law.
The Messy Reality of Religious Freedom in America
3 Explanations of Religious Freedom
A helpful attempt to explain Freedom of Religion using three levels of explanation, each saying essentially the same thing, though increasing in complexity in order to gain a better understanding of the concept.

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Online reference service made up of over 500 full-text books; includes in-depth Topic Pages, Content Mapping, and linking to other library resources.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive, scholarly full-text database for multidisciplinary research; This database provides complete coverage of multidisciplinary academic journals, peer-reviewed journals, full-text periodicals, reports, books, and more; 1887 - Present.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context This link opens in a new window
Database covering viewpoints on a variety of social topics. It includes articles, topic overviews, government and organizational statistics court cases, profiles, and more.
eBook Central, ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Collection of online books and documents available to FIU Libraries.
Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Interdisciplinary collection of over 40,000 full video titles (not just clips) and well over 20,000 hours of content from Alexander Street Press; Content types include: documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, raw footage, award-winning feature films, educational films for classroom instruction, and archival materials.
BrowZine This link opens in a new window
Mobile tablet app available for iPad, Android tablets, and Kindle Fire; Allows you to browse the FIU Library online collection of periodicals by subject area or title, create virtual bookshelves, and read/save content; Download the app and login with your FIU Library credentials to gain access.
America : History & Life This link opens in a new window
Covers the history and life of the United States and Canada; Includes over a thousand journals dating back over 55 years.

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