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The Garden and the Wilderness
Church and State in America to 1789|
48,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Lexington Books |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 01.04.2013 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9780739170274 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 232 |
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<span><span><span>In this well-researched, informative history, David Dean Bowlby examines church and state in the American colonies and the early national period up to the framing of the religion clauses of the First Amendment by the First Congress. Bowlby describes the history of the church and state up to that time as one involving the struggle of religious minorities against church establishments, with increasingly vocal calls for the free exercise of religion, liberty of conscience, and disestablishment. </span></span><br><span></span><br><span><span>He shows that when the religion clauses were framed, people feared that the establishment of religion would lead to the domination of one particular denomination or sect, resulting in compulsory church taxes, obligatory attendance at religious services, and adherence to orthodox doctrines and liturgy. By focusing on the relationship between religious establishments and free exercise, he makes the case that the establishment clause and free exercise of religion must be taken together as a guarantee of religious liberty, because where a religious establishment was present the full and free exercise of religion was not. It was this concern that prompted the prohibitive language of the clauses—the Founders meant to protect the latter by forbidding the former. </span></span></span>
<span><span><span>The Garden and the Wilderness </span><span>examines church and state in the colonial and early national periods up to the framing of the religion clauses of the First Amendment by the First Congress. Throughout, the book focuses on the relationship between religious establishments and free exercise.</span></span></span>
1 Preface
<br>2 1. The Old World Background
<br>3 2. Seventeenth Century New England
<br>4 3. The Seventeenth Century South
<br>5 4. The Middle Colonies in the Seventeenth Century
<br>6 5. Developments in the Eighteenth Century
<br>7 6. The Revolution & New State Constitutions
<br>8 7. The Conventions & First Congress
<br>9 Conclusion
<br>10 Bibliography
<br>2 1. The Old World Background
<br>3 2. Seventeenth Century New England
<br>4 3. The Seventeenth Century South
<br>5 4. The Middle Colonies in the Seventeenth Century
<br>6 5. Developments in the Eighteenth Century
<br>7 6. The Revolution & New State Constitutions
<br>8 7. The Conventions & First Congress
<br>9 Conclusion
<br>10 Bibliography
<span><span><span>David Dean Bowlby</span><span> is assistant professor of history and political science at Motlow.</span></span></span>
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