The Fight to Bear Arms: Challenging the Second Amendment and the U.S. Constitution as a Sacred Text
This article examines the manner in which constitutional law in the United States serves to preserve, accentuate and institutionalise what Robert Bellah referred to as the ‘Civil Religion’ of the nation (1967). As the U.S. Supreme Court manages the evolution of the nation, it does so through an inst...
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| Main Author: | John McNamara |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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European Association for American Studies
2017-08-01
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| Series: | European Journal of American Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/12179 |
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