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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.