| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
ix, 405 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-388) and index. |
| Summary |
"Sacred Liberty offers a dramatic, sweeping survey of how America built a unique model of religious freedom, perhaps the nation's "greatest invention." Steven Waldman, the bestselling author of Founding Faith, shows how early ideas about religious liberty were tested and refined amidst the brutal persecution of Catholics, Baptists, Mormons, Quakers, African slaves, Native Americans, Muslims, Jews and Jehovah's Witnesses. American leaders drove religious freedom forward--figures like James Madison, George Washington, the World War II presidents (Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower) and even George W. Bush. But the biggest heroes were the regular Americans--people like Mary Dyer, Marie Barnett and W.D. Mohammed--who risked their lives or reputations by demanding to practice their faiths freely."--Page [2] of cover. |
| Contents |
Failed experiments -- Madison's model -- The startup boom -- The Romish threat -- The religious freedom of slaves -- The divine plan -- The Mormon challenge -- Kill the Indian, Christianize the man -- The KKK, Al Smith, and the fight for the public schools -- The witnesses -- World War II and the Judeo-Christians -- Enter the Supreme Court -- "Alien blood" -- Political bedfellows -- The "war" on "Christianity" -- All-American Islam -- "An enemy inside our perimeter" -- Preserving religious freedom. |
| Subject |
Freedom of religion -- United States -- History.
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Freedom of religion. (OCoLC)fst00934030
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780062743145 (hardcover) |
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0062743147 (hardcover) |
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9780062743169 (electronic book) |
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