| Description |
xiii, 514 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
[Pt.] I. Late eighteenth-century religious liberty. Separation, purity, and anticlericalism -- Accusations of separation -- The exclusion of the clergy -- Freedom from religious establishments. [Pt.] II. Early nineteenth-century republicanism. Demands for separation: separating Federalist clergy from Republican politics -- Keeping religion out of politics and making politics religious -- Jefferson and the Baptists: separation proposed and ignored as a constitutional principle. [Pt.] III. Mid-nineteenth-century Americanism. A theologically liberal, anti-Catholic, and American principle -- Separations in society -- Clerical doubts and popular Protestant support -- [Pt.] IV. Late nineteenth- and twentieth-century constitutional law. Amendment -- Interpretation -- Differences -- An American constitutional right. |
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Church and state -- United States.
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United States -- Church history -- 18th century.
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Constitutional law -- United States -- Amendments -- 1st.
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| ISBN |
0674007344 alkaline paper |
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