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One Nation Under Law

America's Early National Struggles to Separate Church and State

  • Hardback
  • 268 pages
  • Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
  • 16.2 x 23.4 x 2.2 cm

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"A searching reexamination of disestablishment in early national America and the role of contract law in that process...Deserves a wide readership among historians and all students of church-state separation." - Christine Leigh Heyrman, University of Delaware. "An original contribution that is clearly written and argued and supported by excellent research." - Kermit L. Hall, Utah State University. Many citizens mistakenly point to the First Amendment, which guarantees the freedom of religious practice, as the origin of the separation of church and state. Indeed, the Bill of Rights represents a crucial step toward the division of religious institutions from the affairs of the government. Yet, from the days of the early republic, the separation of church and state came about slowly, amid contentious legal, intellectual, and religious debates. In this timely study, Mark McGarvie documents America's transition from Christian communitarianism with its government-sponsored religious institutions to liberal republicanism with its insistence that church and government not interfere with one another.McGarvie focuses on the efforts of three key states - New York, South Carolina, and New Hampshire - to disentangle church and state during the early national period.
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  • Title

    One Nation Under Law

  • Author

    Mark Douglas Mcgarvie

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Northern Illinois University Press

  • Published

    September 2004

  • Weight

    28g

  • Page Count

    268

  • Dimensions

    16.2 x 23.4 x 2.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780875803333

  • ISBN-10

    0875803334

  • Eden Code

    3119843

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