Law and religion in American history : public values and private conscience / Mark Douglas McGarvie, College of William & Mary.
2016
KF4783 .M25 2016 (Mapit)
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Law and religion in American history : public values and private conscience / Mark Douglas McGarvie, College of William & Mary.
Imprint
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Description
xxix, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
New histories of American law.
Formatted Contents Note
Prologue: colonial America perpetuates state religion
Revolution in thought and social organization: the legal hegemony of Jeffersonian liberalism, 1776-1828
A Christian counter-revolution and a new vision of American society, 1828-1865
Regulating behavior and teaching morals: the uses of religion, 1865-1937
The rights revolution, 1937-2015
Epilogue: the significance of history and a reconsideration of original intent.
Revolution in thought and social organization: the legal hegemony of Jeffersonian liberalism, 1776-1828
A Christian counter-revolution and a new vision of American society, 1828-1865
Regulating behavior and teaching morals: the uses of religion, 1865-1937
The rights revolution, 1937-2015
Epilogue: the significance of history and a reconsideration of original intent.
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Note
Christopher L. Tomlins and Michael Grossberg, series editors.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-267) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KF4783 .M25 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9781107150935 hardback
1107150930 hardback
9781316605462 paperback
1316605469 paperback
1107150930 hardback
9781316605462 paperback
1316605469 paperback
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