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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Negotiating Amish-State Relations -- The "New Critics of Religious Freedom"--Main Thesis and Synopsis of the Book -- Approach -- Bibliography -- 1 In Medias Res: Communal Religious Freedom under Pressure -- Introduction -- Earlier Case Law -- Two Hypotheses -- Three Recent Cases -- Interpretation -- Hobby Lobby -- Evaluation -- Bibliography -- 2 Social Pluralist Constitutionalism -- Introduction -- Christianity and Liberalism -- Constitutionalism and its Limited Accommodation of Diversity -- "Civic Totalism"--Transconstitutionalism -- Pluralism and Checks and Balances -- The Common Good -- In Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 3 Pluriform Democracy -- Introduction -- "Dysfunctional Democracy" -- Public Reason -- Equal Political Voice Liberalism -- Pluriform Democracy -- Multicultural Democracy -- From Pluriform Democracy to Multicultural Democracy? -- In Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 4 A Generous Conception of Religious Freedom -- Introduction -- Sphere Sovereignty -- Additional Guidelines -- Nones -- Separation of Church and State -- An International Right -- Revolutionary Nature -- A Different Kind of Transformative Constitutionalism -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Conclusion: "A Horizon of Beauty" -- Introduction -- Confusion -- Pluralism -- Religious Freedom -- Liberal Pluralism -- Social Pluralist Constitutionalism -- Pluriform Democracy -- Political Legitimacy -- Democratic Ethos -- Anticipated Criticisms -- Final Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index