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Authors: Steven P. Brown
ISBN-13: 9780817311780, ISBN-10: 0817311785
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Date Published: September 2002
Edition: 1

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Author Biography: Steven P. Brown

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
1The Bible and the Bench: An Introduction to New Christian Right Activism in the Courts1
2A Perfect State of Society: The Emergence of Conservative Christian Public Interest Law13
3One in Purpose: The Firms That Litigate the New Christian Right Agenda27
4"Incremental Pragmatism": Legal Strategies of the New Christian Right46
5Scaling the Establishment Wall: Free Speech and the Supreme Court's Religion Cases62
6Pathbreakers and Gatekeepers: The Lower Federal Court Response to the New Christian Right86
7Money, Media, and (Not So) Gentle Persuasion: New Christian Right Lawyers Outside the Courtroom120
8Legal Right or Gospel Tool? The Past and Future of the New Christian Right's Free Speech Strategy in the Courts136
App.: Table of Cases147
Notes153
Bibliography171
Index181

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