Book Review: The Supreme Court and the Challenge of Protecting Minority Religions in the United States: Review of Garrett Epps, To An Unknown God: Religious Freedom on Trial

摘要

This book review provides an extended review of Epps's book. It has four parts, in addition to this introduction and a conclusion. Part II presents the facts and holding of Smith, along with a post-mortem. Part III articulates and discusses four aftermaths of Smith, including the passage of Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) of 2000 not covered in the Epps's study. Part IV highlights the importance of Professor's Epps's scholarship on the Smith cases, including three lessons that bear on the significance of that research. Part V comments on the recognition to Epps resulting from the book.