Deconstructing the Religious Free Market

3 Journal of Law, Religion and State 1-24 (2014)

24 Pages Posted: 9 Dec 2014

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Jianlin Chen

University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School

Date Written: December 1, 2014

Abstract

Scholars have frequently alluded to the normative value of the religious free market fostered by the twin legal guarantees of the free exercise of religion and the absence of state establishment of religion. But given that the desirable normative interpretations of these two clauses differ widely, the nature of the resulting market is inevitably dependent on one’s choice of these contested interpretations. Similarly, the “entitlement to free religious competition” depends on the definition of “religion.” The present article deconstructs the religious free market into its legal components and discusses critically how the different interpretations and combinations of these legal components materially affect the resulting religious market.

Keywords: religious free market, church and state, Establishment, Free Exercise, defintion of religion

Suggested Citation

Chen, Jianlin, Deconstructing the Religious Free Market (December 1, 2014). 3 Journal of Law, Religion and State 1-24 (2014), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2532307

Jianlin Chen (Contact Author)

University of Melbourne - Melbourne Law School ( email )

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