LEADER 03943cam 2200565 i 4500001 on1264172260 003 OCoLC 005 20220608154004.1 008 210805t20222022ilu b 001 0 eng 010 2021038204 020 9780226817934 |qhardcover 020 0226817938 |qhardcover 020 9780226817958 |qpaperback 020 0226817954 |qpaperback 020 |z9780226817941 |qelectronic book 035 (Sirsi) 40031197395 035 40031197395 035 (OCoLC)1264172260 040 ICU/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dBDX |dYDX |dOCLCO |dCDX |dYDX |dLNT |dGWL |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 050 00 KF4783 |b.M33 2022 082 00 342.7308/52 |223 100 1 McCrary, Charles A. |q(Charles Alistair), |d1990- |eauthor. |=^A1438572 245 10 Sincerely held : |bAmerican secularism and its believers / |cCharles McCrary. 264 1 Chicago : |bThe University of Chicago Press, |c2022. 264 4 |c©2022 300 300 pages ; |c24 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Class 200 : new studies in religion 500 Based on author's thesis (doctoral)--Florida State University, 2018. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-294) and index. 505 0 Introduction: The character of American secularism -- Knaves, fools, and sincere believers -- Secular governance in columns and rows -- Telling fortunes -- "Religious training and belief" -- Supreme beings and the Supreme Court -- Believing religiously -- Troubling secularism -- Sincerity now -- Epilogue: On being sincere. 520 "If you read Supreme Court opinions on cases involving First Amendment religion issues, you're likely to encounter the ubiquitous phrase "sincerely held religious belief." The "sincerity test" of religious belief has become a cornerstone of US jurisprudence, determining what counts as legitimate grounds for First Amendment claims in the eyes of the law. In Sincerely Held, Charles McCrary provides an original account of how "sincerely held religious belief" became the primary standard for determining what legally counts as genuine religion. McCrary traces the interlocking histories of sincerity, religion, and secularism in the US, starting in the mid-nineteenth century. He then shows how, in the 1940s, as the courts expanded the concept of religious freedom, they incorporated the notion of sincerity as a key element in determining religious freedom protections. The legal sincerity test was part of a larger trend in which the category "religion" became largely individualized and correlated with "belief." This linking of religion and belief, with all its Protestant underpinnings, is a central concern of critical secularism studies. McCrary contributes to this conversation by revealing the history of how sincerity and sincerely held religious belief developed as technologies of secular governance, constraining the type of subject one has to be in order to receive protections from the state"-- |cProvided by publisher. 650 0 Freedom of religion |zUnited States. |=^A211978 650 0 Religion and state |zUnited States. |=^A212649 650 0 Secularism |xGovernment policy |zUnited States. |=^A16984 650 6 Liberté religieuse |zÉtats-Unis. 650 6 Religion et État |zÉtats-Unis. 650 7 Freedom of religion. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00934030 650 7 Religion and state. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01093863 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 |?UNAUTHORIZED 830 0 Class 200, new studies in religion. |=^A1316308 949 |i30372017354553 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s30.00 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 5879258