A flawed system of religious freedom -- Religious freedom and the theory of deep diversity -- Religious freedom in America -- The nature of religion and its implications for Supreme Court jurisprudence -- Recognition, universalism, diversity and concepts of the self -- The theory of deep diversity -- Deep diversity and religious freedom -- Deep diversity and the establishment clause -- Deep diversity and the free exercise clause -- A test case : female circumcision/female genital mutilation -- Religious pluralism and postmodernist America.