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To
an Unknown God: Religious Freedom on Trial
by Garrett Epps
To an Unknown God: Religious Freedom on Trial is the story of
one of the most important Supreme Court cases of recent years involving
religious freedom--the case that resulted in the passage of one of the
most sweeping civil rights laws since the 1960s, the Religious Freedom
Restoration Act of 1993. Author Garrett Epps writes with the simplicity
and suspense of an investigative journalist (he was formerly a reporter
for The Washington Post) and the precision and authority of a legal scholar
(he teaches law at the University of Oregon). Both skills are necessary
for bringing to life this strange and complicated tale, in which a routine
unemployment dispute grew into a showdown regarding the right of Native
Americans to worship God with the use of peyote. In addition to the book's
deft analysis of the many legal questions the case raises, To an Unknown
God describes a cast of memorable and intriguing characters, principal
among them Al Smith, a 70-year-old drug-and-alcohol abuse counselor to
Native Americans, and Dave Frohnmayer, a Harvard-educated politico who
balanced his prosecution of this case with his commitment to caring for
three children with a rare bone disease. Like A Civil Action and other
classics of investigative journalism, To an Unknown God examines questions
that arise in peculiar circumstances, and frames them with such skill and
sensitivity as to make their universal relevance unquestionable. --Michael
Joseph Gross - Amazon.com
Hardcover: 288 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.95 x
8.47 x 5.71
St. Martin's Press; ISBN: 0312262396; (March 2001)
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