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Constitutional debates on freedom of religion : a documentary history /
Traces the history and development of the debate over the separation of religion and government in the United States through a collection of primary documents.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood Press,
1999.
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| Colección: | Primary documents in American history and contemporary issues.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. Colonial Roots of Religious Liberty, 1606-1776
- First Charter of Virginia (November 20, 1606)
- Acts of the Virginia Colonial Government on Religion (1624 and 1630)
- Charter of Massachusetts Bay (March 4, 1629)
- Acts of the Massachusetts Colonial Government on Religion (1631, 1635, and 1638)
- Massachusetts Body of Liberties (December 10, 1641)
- Massachusetts School Law (November 11, 1647)
- Maryland Toleration Act (April 21, 1649)
- Rhode Island Charter (July 8, 1663)
- The Great Case of Liberty of Conscience / William Penn, 1670
- Great Law of Pennsylvania (December 7, 1682)
- A Letter Concerning Toleration (John Locke, 1689)
- Charter of Privileges of Pennsylvania / Granted by William Penn, October 28, 1701
- Letter to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel / The Reverend Thomas Barton, November 8, 1762
- An Appeal to the Public for Religious Liberty / The Reverend Isaac Backus, 1773
- Part II. Religious Liberty in the Founding of the United States, 1776-1791
- The Virginia Declaration of Rights (June 12, 1776)
- Articles on Religion in the Pennsylvania Declaration of Rights and Constitution (1776)
- Articles on Religion in the Maryland Declaration of Rights (1776)
- The Massachusetts Declaration of Rights (1780)
- Liberty of Worship in America / Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, 1782
- An Argument for Religious Liberty in Notes on the State of Virginia / Thomas Jefferson, 1782
- Letter on the Selection of a Roman Catholic Bishop in the United States of America / Father John Carroll, February 27, 1785
- Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments / James Madison, June 20, 1785
- The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom / Thomas Jefferson, January 16, 1786
- Article VI of the United States Constitution (1787)
- An Argument Against a Religious Test for Public Office / Oliver Ellsworth, December 17, 1787
- The Federalist 51 / Publius [James Madison], February 6, 1788
- Speech on Rights in the U.S. House of Representatives / James Madison, June 8, 1789
- Discussion in the House of Representatives on Constitutional Guarantees of Religious Liberty (August 15, 1789)
- Action in the Senate on Constitutional Guarantees of Religious Liberty (September 3 and 9, 1789)
- Clauses on Religion in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution (December 15, 1791)
- Part III. The Constitutional Right to Free Exercise of Religion, 1791-1991
- Reynolds v. United States (1879)
- Pierce v. Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (1925)
- Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940)
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
- Murdock v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1943)
- United States v. Ballard (1944)
- Prince v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1944)
- Braunfeld v. Brown (1961)
- Sherbert v. Verner (1963)
- Welsh v. United States (1970)
- Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
- Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness (1981)
- United States v. Lee (1982)
- Bob Jones University v. United States (1983)
- Goldman v. Weinberger (1986)
- Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association (1988)
- Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith (1990)
- Part IV. The Constitutional Prohibition of an Establishment of Religion, 1791-1991
- Everson v. Board of Education of Ewing Township (1947)
- Zorach v. Clauson (1952)
- McGowan v. Maryland (1961)
- Engel v. Vitale (1962)
- School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania v. Schempp (1963)
- Board of Education of Central School District No. 1 v. Allen (1968)
- Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York (1970)
- Lemon v. Kurtzman, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Pennsylvania (1971)
- Meek v. Pittenger (1975)
- 57: Wolman v. Walter (1977)
- Mueller v. Allen (1983)
- Marsh v. Chambers (1983)
- The Equal Access Act (1984)
- Wallace v. Jaffree (1985)
- Aguilar v. Felton (1985)
- Edwards v. Aguillard (1987)
- Allegheny County v. American Civil Liberties Union, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter (1989)
- Board of Education of the Westside Community Schools v. Mergens (1990)
- Part V. Constitutional Issues on Freedom of Religion, 1991-1998
- Lee v. Weisman (1992)
- 67: Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District (1993)
- Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah (1993)
- Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District (1993)
- Religious Freedom Restoration Act (1993)
- Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet (1994)
- Rosenberger v. University of Virginia (1995)
- Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinette (1995)
- President Clinton's Statement on Religious Expression in Public Schools (July 13, 1995)
- Agostini v. Felton (1997)
- City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)
- Religious Diversity in the United States of America (1998)
- Appendix: Categorical Listings of U.S. Supreme Court Cases Treated in This Volume.