Endowed by Our Creator: The Birth of Religious Freedom in America - Couverture rigide

Meyerson, Michael I.

 
9780300166323: Endowed by Our Creator: The Birth of Religious Freedom in America
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ISBN 10 : 030016632X ISBN 13 : 9780300166323
Editeur : Yale University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Rejecting the extreme arguments of today's debates, the author examines what the framers of the Constitution actually said about religious freedom

The debate over the framers' concept of freedom of religion has become heated and divisive. This scrupulously researched book sets aside the half-truths, omissions, and partisan arguments, and instead focuses on the actual writings and actions of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and others. Legal scholar Michael I. Meyerson investigates how the framers of the Constitution envisioned religious freedom and how they intended it to operate in the new republic.

Endowed by Our Creator shows that the framers understood that the American government should not acknowledge religion in a way that favors any particular creed or denomination. Nevertheless, the framers believed that religion could instill virtue and help to unify a diverse nation. They created a spiritual public vocabulary, one that could communicate to all--including agnostics and atheists--that they were valued members of the political community. Through their writings and their decisions, the framers affirmed that respect for religious differences is a fundamental American value. Now it is for us, Meyerson concludes, to determine whether religion will be used to alienate and divide or to inspire and unify our religiously diverse nation.

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À propos de l?auteur

Michael I. Meyerson is Wilson H. Elkins Professor of Law and Piper & Marbury Faculty Fellow, University of Baltimore School of Law. He is the author of Liberty's Blueprint, a history of the writing of the Federalist Papers. He lives in Ellicott City, MD.

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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
030016632X
ISBN 13 
9780300166323
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
384
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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