Rise of Corporate Religious Liberty

<p>What are the rights of religious institutions? Should those rights extend to for-profit corporations? Houses of worship have claimed they should be free from anti-discrimination laws in hiring and firing ministers and other employees. Faith-based institutions including hospitals and universities have sought exemptions from requirements to provide contraception. Now in a surprising development large for-profit corporations have succeeded in asserting rights to religious free exercise. The Rise of Corporate Religious Liberty explores this "corporate" turn in law and religion. Drawing on a broad range perspectives this book examines the idea of "freedom of the church" the rights of for-profit corporations and the implications of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby for debates on anti-discrimination law same-sex marriage health care and religious freedom.</p>