The First Freedoms: Church And State in America to the Passage of the First Amendment - Couverture rigide

Curry, Thomas J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195036611 ISBN 13 : 9780195036619

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1986

Synopsis

Is government forbidden to assist all religions equally, as the Supreme Court has held? Or does the First Amendment merely ban exclusive aid to one religion, as critics of the Court assert? After years of debate the controversy still rages on, with both positions now more solidified but neither side victorious. The First Freedoms studies the Church-State context of colonial and revolutionary America to provide a bold new reading of the historical meaning of the religion clauses of the First Amendment. Synthesizing and interpreting a wealth of evidence from the founding of Virginia to the passage of the Bill of Rights, including everything published in America before 1791, Thomas Curry traces America's developing ideas on religious liberty and offers the most extensive investigation ever of the historical origins and background of the First Amendment religion clauses. While recognizing that history cannot resolve all modern Church-State issues, Thomas Curry does show that historians can make some definitive statements about what early Americans understood by establishment and the free exercise of religion. This pathbreaking study has been adopted by the History Book Club.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Carefully rooted in the historical setting....Not only historians but also judges and lawyers should consult this book."--American Historical Review

"A balanced and insightful survey."--North Carolina Historical Review

"The writing is clear; the arguments are carefully crafted; the conclusions are judiciously stated. There are flashes of humor throughout....This is a superb and important book that deserves a wide audience."--The William and Mary Quarterly

"Will be immensely useful as a summary of how religious institutions and governments interacted throughout the century and a half of colonial experience."--Reviews in American History

"[An] excellent new book."--Church & State

"An excellent, comprehensive book, rooted in the relevant primary and secondary literature....The definitive guide to church and state in colonial America."--America

"A magnificent history of church-state relations in America prior to the ratification of the Bill of Rights."--Harvard Review

"Given the current importance of the religious issue in the U.S., this study should prove enlightening."--Choice

"A good synthetic survey of the developments in the colonial period leading up to the ratification of the first amendment...[Curry] has brought the entire story together for easy access by students of American history and religion."--Religious Studies Review

"This is a useful book for scholars of church-state relations in the colonial period and for those trying to evaluate and respond to the "intentionalist" views of the First Amendment currently advocated by the Right Wing."--Church History

"Excellent. [Its] new, creative approach [is] much appreciated!"--Kathy J. Pulley, Southwest Missouri State University

Présentation de l'éditeur

Is government forbidden to assist all religions equally, as the Supreme Court has held? Or does the First Amendment merely ban exclusive aid to one religion, as critics of the Court assert? The First Freedoms studies the church-state context of colonial and revolutionary America to present a bold new reading of the historical meaning of the religion clauses of the First Amendment. Synthesizing and interpreting a wealth of evidence from the founding of Virginia to the passage of the Bill of Rights, including everything published in America before 1791, Thomas Curry traces America's developing ideas on religious liberty and offers the most extensive investigation ever of the historical origins and background of the First Amendment's religion clauses.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195036611
• ISBN 13: 9780195036619
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Messaggerie Libri; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8; Assago Milano; Italie