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A review essay covering a book by Giorgio Agamben, The Kingdom and the Glory: For a Theological Genealogy of Economy and Government (2011).

Introduction / Joshua Dubler and Isaac Weiner -- Belief / Sarah Imhoff -- Conscience / Ronit Y. Stahl -- Exercise / Finbarr Curtis -- Establishment / Anna Su -- Separation / Kathleen Holscher -- Sovereignty / Tisa Wenger -- Protection / Rosemary R. Corbett -- Noise / Ashon Crawley -- Sexuality / Heather White -- Indigeneity / Spencer Dew -- The secular / Jason C. Bivins -- Friend / Kathryn Lofton -- Personhood / Sylvester A. Johnson -- Hope / Vincent Lloyd -- Afterword / Winnifred Fallers Sullivan

In recent years, the United States has witnessed a number of high-profile court cases involving religion, forcing Americans to grapple with questions regarding the relationship between religion and law. This volume maps the contemporary interplay of religion and law within the study of American religions.0What rights are protected by the Constitution's free exercise clause? What are the boundaries of religion, and what is the constitutional basis for protecting some religious beliefs but not others? What characterizes a religious-studies approach to religion and law today? What is gained by approaching law from the vantage point of religious studies, and what does attention to the law offer back to scholars of religion? Religion, Law, USA considers all these questions and more.0Each chapter considers a specific keyword in the study of religion and law, such as "conscience," "establishment," "secularity," and "personhood." Contributors consider specific case studies related to each term, and then expand their analyses to discuss broader implications for the practice and study of American religion. Incorporating pieces from leading voices in the field, this book is an indispensable addition to the scholarship on religion and law in America

Changes in the American religious landscape enabled the rise of mass incarceration. Religious ideas and practices also offer a key for ending mass incarceration. These are the bold claims advanced in Break Every Yoke, the joint work of two activist-scholars of American religion. Once, in an era not too long past, Americans, both incarcerated and free, spoke a language of social liberation animated by religion. In the era of mass incarceration, we have largely forgotten how to dream-and organize-this way. To end mass incarceration we must reclaim this lost tradition.