Faith on Trial

David E. Guinn is a moral, legal and political philosopher and lawyer. The former Executive Director of the International Human Rights Law Institute, adjunct professor of law, and consultant for the Center for Church/State Studies at DePaul University, he is the author of PROTECTING JERUSALEM'S HOLY SITES: A STRATEGY FOR NEGOTIATING A SACRED PEACE (Cambridge 2006) and editor of HANDBOOK OF BIOETHICS AND RELIGION (Oxford 2006).

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Part I — A Flawed System of Religious FreedomChapter 2 Introduction Part II — Religious Freedom and the Theory of Deep DiversityChapter 3 Religious Freedom in AmericaChapter 4 The Nature of Religion and Its Implications for Supreme Court JurisprudenceChapter 5 Recognition, Universalism, Diversity, and Concepts of the SelfChapter 6 The Theory of Deep DiversityChapter 7 Deep Diversity and Religious FreedomChapter 8 Deep Diversity and the Establishment ClauseChapter 9 Deep Diversity and the Free Exercise ClauseChapter 10 A Test Case: Female Circumcision/Female Genital MutilationChapter 11 Religious Pluralism and Postmodernist America

The Supreme Court justices should read this book! So should anyone interested in the future of religious freedom in America. As the Terri Schiavo case illustrates, religion is in the public sphere. What is the meaning of separation of church and state? What is the future of religious freedom? In this carefully argued book, Guinn does not shy away from tough questions or cases: school prayer, taxation of religious organizations, conscientious objection, female circumcision are all grist for the mill. Guinn proposes a new look at America’s tradition of religious freedom based on a model of ‘deep diversity.’ Whether your interest is legal theory, political philosophy, or religious traditions, this book is for you.