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Religion and the American constitutional experiment : essential rights and liberties / John Witte, Jr.
Van Pelt Library KF4783.Z9 W58 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Witte, John, Jr., 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Freedom of religion--United States--History.
- Freedom of religion.
- United States.
- History.
- Church and state--United States--History.
- Church and state.
- Freedom of religion--United States.
- Church and state--United States.
- United States. Constitution--1st Amendment.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 379 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- Witte (law and ethics, Emory U., Atlanta) aspires to introduce students, provoke specialists, and invite the public to view afresh the US experiment in religious rights and liberties. He combines historical, doctrinal, and comparative methods to recount the whole story from the codifying of the First Amendment in 1789 to the Supreme Court's recent interpretations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-361) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813333059
- 0813333067
- OCLC:
- 41445840
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