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Separating church and state : a history / Steven K. Green.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion and American public life (Cornell University Press)Publisher: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 online resource (vii, 236 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501762086
  • 1501762087
  • 9781501762079
  • 1501762079
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Separating church and stateDDC classification:
  • 342.7308/52 23/eng/20211001
LOC classification:
  • KF4865 .G7375 2022
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Historical antecedents of separationism -- Disestablishment and separationism -- The early national period -- The Protestant establishment of the nineteenth century -- Separation becomes constitutional canon -- Separation's apex and decline.
Summary: "This book considers the ongoing cultural and legal controversy over the concept of church-state separation and the metaphor "wall of separation." It examines the origins of the concept and what led to its rise as a popular concept, then to its adoption by the Supreme Court and its fall into disfavor among many Americans"-- Provided by publisher.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)3036680

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical antecedents of separationism -- Disestablishment and separationism -- The early national period -- The Protestant establishment of the nineteenth century -- Separation becomes constitutional canon -- Separation's apex and decline.

"This book considers the ongoing cultural and legal controversy over the concept of church-state separation and the metaphor "wall of separation." It examines the origins of the concept and what led to its rise as a popular concept, then to its adoption by the Supreme Court and its fall into disfavor among many Americans"-- Provided by publisher.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 07, 2022).