Law and Religion in American History : Public Values and Private Conscience
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
New Histories of American Law
ISBN-10
1316605469
ISBN-13
9781316605462
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 18th, 2016
Print length
312 Pages
Weight
420 grams
Dimensions
15.50 x 23.00 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
History of the AmericasReligion & politicsLegal history
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Law and Religion in American History is an exploration of the issues of separation between church and state in America, from its founding to the modern day. Mark Douglas McGarvie explores the tension between periods of secular individualism and evangelical conservatives' call for greater public reliance upon religion.
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.
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