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Please don't wish me a merry Christmas : a critical history of the separation of church and state /
Whether in the form of Christmas trees in town squares or prayer in school, fierce disputes over the separation of church and state have long bedeviled this country. Both decried and celebrated, this principle is considered by many, for right or wrong, a defining aspect of American national identity...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
©1997.
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| Colección: | Critical America.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction: different stories
- 2. Origins of power: the emergence of Christianity and antisemitism
- 3. The Christian middle ages
- 4. The Christian renaissance and reformation in continental Europe
- 5. The English reformation, civil war, and revolution
- 6. The North American colonies
- 7. The American revolution and constitution
- 8. The fruits of the framing: church and state in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century America
- 9. The fruits of the framing: church and state in late-twentieth-century America
- 10. A synchronic analysis of the separation of church and state in the late twentieth century: concluding remarks.