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Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State.
No phrase in American letters has had a more profound influence on church-state law, policy, and discourse than Thomas Jefferson's "wall of separation between church and state," and few metaphors have provoked more passionate debate. Introduced in an 1802 letter to the Danbury, Connec...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2002.
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| Colección: | Critcal America series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Dreisbach_081471935X_c; 978-0-8147-1936-7-text.pdf; Contents; 1 Introduction: The Creation of an American Metaphor; 2 The President, a Mammoth Cheese, and the "Wall ofSeparation": Jeffersonian Politics and the NewEngland Baptists; 3 "Sowing Useful Truths and Principles":Thomas Jefferson and the Danbury Baptist Association; 4 "What the Wall Separates": A JurisdictionalInterpretation of the "Wall of Separation"; 5 Early References to a "Wall of Separation":Prefiguring the Jeffersonian Metaphor; 6 Creating "Effectual Barriers": Alternative Metaphorsin Defense of Religious Liberty.
- 7 "Useful Truths and Principles ... Germinate andBecome Rooted" in the American Mind: Jefferson'sMetaphor Enters Political and Juridical Discourse8 Conclusion: The Re-Creation of Church-State Law, Policy, and Discourse; Appendices: Documents from the Papers ofThomas Jefferson; 1 Proclamation Appointing a Day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer, May 1774; 2 Address to the Inhabitants of the Parish ofSt. Anne, 1774; 3 Bills Reported by the Committee of RevisorsAppointed by the General Assembly of Virginiain 1776, 18 June 1779.
- 4 Proclamation Appointing a Day of Publick andSolemn Thanksgiving and Prayer, November 17795 Draft of "The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798,"November 1798 (excerpt); 6 Correspondence with the Danbury BaptistAssociation, 1801-1802; 7 Correspondence with the Citizens of Chesire, Massachusetts, January 1802; 8 Second Inaugural Address, 4 March 1805 (excerpts); 9 Letter from Jefferson to the Reverend Samuel Miller,23 January 1808; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Author.