Endowed by our creator : the birth of religious freedom in America /

"Endowed by Our Creator shows that the framers understood that the American government should not acknowledge religion in a way that favors any particular creed or denomination. Nevertheless, the framers believed that religion could instill virtue and help to unify a diverse nation. They create...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Meyerson, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
United States. > Constitution. > 1st Amendment.
Constitution (United States)
Freedom of religion > United States.
Liberté religieuse > États-Unis.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Freedom of religion
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the great seal
  • Before the beginning
  • A tolerant, Protestant nation
  • The second American revolution
  • "We have become a nation": drafting the Constitution
  • Adding the First Amendment
  • Freedom of religion in the new nation
  • Original wisdom.

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