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Religious Freedom: Jefferson's Legacy, America's Creed (Jeffersonian America)
John Ragosta
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Paperback. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
For over one hundred years, Thomas Jefferson and his Statute for Establishing Religious Freedom have stood at the center of our understanding of religious liberty and the First Amendment. Jefferson’s expansive vision - including his insistence that political freedom and free thought would be at risk if we did not keep government out of the church and church out of government - enjoyed a near consensus of support at the Supreme Court and among historians, until Justice William Rehnquist called reliance on Jefferson “demonstrably incorrect.” Since then, Rehnquist’s call has been taken up by a bevy of jurists and academics ... Read more
For over one hundred years, Thomas Jefferson and his Statute for Establishing Religious Freedom have stood at the center of our understanding of religious liberty and the First Amendment. Jefferson’s expansive vision - including his insistence that political freedom and free thought would be at risk if we did not keep government out of the church and church out of government - enjoyed a near consensus of support at the Supreme Court and among historians, until Justice William Rehnquist called reliance on Jefferson “demonstrably incorrect.” Since then, Rehnquist’s call has been taken up by a bevy of jurists and academics ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
Jeffersonian America
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813936512
SKU
V9780813936512
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About John Ragosta
John Ragosta is the Robert C. Vaughan Fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, USA.
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