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Separating church and state : a history / Steven K. Green.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Green, Steven K. (Steven Keith), 1955- author.
- Series:
- Religion and American Public Life
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and state--United States--History.
- Religion and state.
- Religion and law--United States--History.
- Religion and law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (247 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "This book considers the ongoing cultural and legal controversy over the concept of church-state separation and the metaphor "wall of separation." It examines the origins of the concept and what led to its rise as a popular concept, then to its adoption by the Supreme Court and its fall into disfavor among many Americans"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Historical Antecedents of Separationism
- Disestablishment and Separationism
- The Early National Period
- The Protestant Establishment of the Nineteenth Century
- Separation Becomes Constitutional Canon
- Separation's Apex and Decline.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Green, Steven K. Separating Church and State
- ISBN:
- 9781501762086
- 1501762087
- OCLC:
- 1273423787
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