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Here is a concise overview of the historical development and judicial interpretation of the First Amendment religion clauses. It begins with a survey of the history of American religious liberty, goes on to present the views of the Founding Fathers, and then considers the core value of religious liberty and the constitutional purposes that implement that value.
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A Nation Dedicated to Religious Liberty : The Constitutional Heritage of the Religion Clauses
author
:
Adams, Arlin M.; Emmerich, Charles J.
publisher
:
University of Pennsylvania Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0812213181
print isbn13
:
9780812213188
ebook isbn13
:
9780585126326
language
:
English
subject
United States.--Constitution.--1st Amendment, Freedom of religion--United States--History, Church and state--United States--History, Religion and state--United States--History, Freedom of religion--United States--History--Sources, Church and state--United
publication date
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1990
lcc
:
BR516.A32 1990eb
ddc
:
323.44/2/0973
subject
:
United States.--Constitution.--1st Amendment, Freedom of religion--United States--History, Church and state--United States--History, Religion and state--United States--History, Freedom of religion--United States--History--Sources, Church and state--United
Page iii
A Nation Dedicated to Religious Liberty
The Constitutional Heritage of the Religion Clauses
Arlin M. Adams and Charles J. Emmerich
FOREWORD BY WARREN E. BURGER
University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia
Page iv
Copyright 1990 by the University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Adams, Arlin M. A nation dedicated to religious liberty: the constitutional heritage of the religion clauses / Arlin M. Adams and Charles J. Emmerich; foreword by Warren E. Burger. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0812282507, ISBN 0812213181 (pbk.) 1. Freedom of religionUnited StatesHistory. 2. Church and stateUnited StatesHistory. 3. Religion and stateUnited StatesHistory. 4. Freedom of religionUnited StatesHistory Sources. 5. Church and stateUnited StatesHistorySources. 6. Religion and stateUnited StatesHistorySources. 7. United StatesConstitutional lawAmendments1st. 8. United States Church history. 9. United StatesReligion. I. Emmerich, Charles J. II. Title. BR516.A32 1990 323.44'2'0973dc20 9036248 CIP
Second paperback printing 1995
Page v
To my wife, Neysa Cristol Adams, for her endless patience and warm support over the years,
To my sister, Donna Emmerich Carlson (19431986), with great admiration for her missionary work in Africa
Page vii
The history of law must be a history of ideas. It must represent, not merely what men have done and said, but what men have thought in bygone ages. The task of reconstructing ancient ideas is hazardous, and can only be accomplished little by little. If we are in a hurry to get to the beginning we shall miss the path. Sir Frederic Maitland
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Contents
Foreword
by Warren E. Burger
xiii
Acknowledgments
xv
Introduction
1
Chapter One The Historical Roots of American Religious Liberty
3
nd
4
Religious Liberty in the New Nation
8
The Constitutional Period
13
Chapter Two The Founders on Religious Liberty
21
The Enlightenment Separationists
22
The Political Centrists
26
The Pietistic Separationists
28
Summary
31
Chapter Three The Supreme Court and Religious Liberty
32
The Court as Constitutional Historian
32
The Core Value of Religious Liberty
37
Page x
Chapter Four The Animating Principles of the Religion Clauses
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