Abstract: The focus of the volume is the historical background and meaning of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution, from the seventeenth century to the present. The text does not emphasize modern jurisprudence or current court decisions or current law, but the historical meaning of terms and concepts such as "religious freedom," "separation of church and state," "original intent," "federalism," "establishment of religion," and "disestablishment." The individual chapters approach their subjects from a variety of ideological and historical perspectives. Several chapters incl ... More
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-11-05
Language: en
Type: book
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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