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Challenges Presented to Law and Public Norms by Claims of Freedom of Religion Arising in Increasingly Diverse Societies

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2015

Steven D. Jamar
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Journal of Law and Religion , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , 2010 , pp. 595 - 607
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Copyright © Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University 2010

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