Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith INGRAM For well over a century

For well over a century popes have offered profound reflections on the economic and political order in their social encyclicals

which revealed the Pre-Civil Rights of Bishop Charles Harrison Mason predates the Civil Rights Movement in America

In an era where one tweet can launch—or end—your career

Many are the first African Americans or only African Americans teaching at their respective institutions

At a cultural moment when a growing number of religious voices advocate for the political and juridical supremacy of religious authority over democratic norms

Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith INGRAM For well over a centuryTaking Rites Seriously is about how religious beliefs and religious believers are assessed by judges and legal scholars and are sometimes mischaracterized and misunderstood by those who are critical of the influence of religion in politics or in the formation of law. Covering three general topics reason and motive, dignity and personhood, nature and sex philosopher and legal theorist Francis J. Beckwith carefully addresses several contentious legal