Law and Religion in American History

Law and Religion in American History
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 305
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ISBN-10 : 9781316684146
ISBN-13 : 1316684148
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Book Synopsis Law and Religion in American History by : Mark Douglas McGarvie

Download or read book Law and Religion in American History written by Mark Douglas McGarvie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-18 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book furthers dialogue on the separation of church and state with an approach that emphasizes intellectual history and the constitutional theory that underlies American society. Mark Douglas McGarvie explains that the founding fathers of America considered the right of conscience to be an individual right, to be protected against governmental interference. While the religion clauses enunciated this right, its true protection occurred in the creation of separate public and private spheres. Religion and the churches were placed in the private sector. Yet, politically active Christians have intermittently mounted challenges to this bifurcation in calling for a greater public role for Christian faith and morality in American society. Both students and scholars will learn much from this intellectual history of law and religion that contextualizes a four-hundred-year-old ideological struggle.


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