Free exercise : religion, the First Amendment, and the making of America / Chris Beneke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beneke, Chris (Christopher J.), author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of religion--United States--History.

Freedom of religion.

Religious pluralism--United States--History.

Religious pluralism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

'Free Exercise' is an innovative contribution to both US constitutional history and the history of religious toleration in the United States. It traces the routes by which Americans arrived at the First Amendment's religious clauses, the cultural currents that shaped their meaning, and the consequences that flowed from them. The book also demonstrates how white women, African Americans, Jews, Roman Catholics, and nonbelievers expanded the application of religious liberty-and illuminated its boundaries. Each chapter demonstrates how protections for religious freedom were forged from both vague memories and intimate experiences, an emergent respect for individual autonomy and a refusal to materially alter the condition of women and the enslaved.

Contents:

Cover

Free Exercise

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Changes

2. Duties

3. Cruelties

4. Civilities

5. Inequalities

6. Infidels

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 6, 2024).

ISBN:

9780197767054

0197767052

9780197767030

0197767036

OCLC:

1451124753