The founding fathers and the place of religion in America
| Main Author: | Lambert, Frank, 1943- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[2003]
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| Physical Description: |
xii, 328 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Religious regulation. English heritage
- Transplanting the Church of England in the Chesapeake
- Puritan fathers and the "Christian common-wealth"
- A "holy experiment" in religious pluralism
- pt. 2. Religious competition. "Trafficking for the Lord" and the expansion of religious choice
- Deists enter the religious marketplace
- Whigs and dissenters fight religious regulation
- pt. 3. Religious freedom. The American revolution of religion
- Constitutional recognition of a free religious market
- Religion and politics in the presidential campaign of 1800.