Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Historical Documentary Editions
Author: The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution: Commentaries on the Constitution, public and private, 18 December, 1787, to 31 January, 1788
Author: Merrill JensenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Prologue
Author: Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State
Author: Daniel DreisbachPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814720846
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The origins, controversial uses, and competing interpretations of Jefferson's famous remark—"wall of separation between church and state" No phrase in American letters has had a more profound influence on church-state law, policy, and discourse than Thomas Jefferson’s “wall of separation between church and state,” and few metaphors have provoked more passionate debate. Introduced in an 1802 letter to the Danbury, Connecticut Baptist Association, Jefferson’s “wall” is accepted by many Americans as a concise description of the U.S. Constitution’s church-state arrangement and conceived as a virtual rule of constitutional law. Despite the enormous influence of the “wall” metaphor, almost no scholarship has investigated the text of the Danbury letter, the context in which it was written, or Jefferson’s understanding of his famous phrase. Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State offers an in-depth examination of the origins, controversial uses, and competing interpretations of this powerful metaphor in law and public policy.
Historical Documentary Editions 2000
Author: United States. National Historical Publications and Records CommissionPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The Hollow Core of Constitutional Theory
Author: Donald L. DrakemanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108485286
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
The first major scholarly defense of the centrality of the Framers' intentions in constitutional interpretation to appear in years.
American Gospel
Author: Jon MeachamPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1588365778
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham reveals how the Founding Fathers viewed faith—and how they ultimately created a nation in which belief in God is a matter of choice. At a time when our country seems divided by extremism, American Gospel draws on the past to offer a new perspective. Meacham re-creates the fascinating history of a nation grappling with religion and politics–from John Winthrop’s “city on a hill” sermon to Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence; from the Revolution to the Civil War; from a proposed nineteenth-century Christian Amendment to the Constitution to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s call for civil rights; from George Washington to Ronald Reagan. Debates about religion and politics are often more divisive than illuminating. Secularists point to a “wall of separation between church and state,” while many conservatives act as though the Founding Fathers were apostles in knee britches. As Meacham shows in this brisk narrative, neither extreme has it right. At the heart of the American experiment lies the God of what Benjamin Franklin called “public religion,” a God who invests all human beings with inalienable rights while protecting private religion from government interference. It is a great American balancing act, and it has served us well. Meacham has written and spoken extensively about religion and politics, and he brings historical authority and a sense of hope to the issue. American Gospel makes it compellingly clear that the nation’s best chance of summoning what Lincoln called “the better angels of our nature” lies in recovering the spirit and sense of the Founding. In looking back, we may find the light to lead us forward. Praise for American Gospel “In his American Gospel, Jon Meacham provides a refreshingly clear, balanced, and wise historical portrait of religion and American politics at exactly the moment when such fairness and understanding are much needed. Anyone who doubts the relevance of history to our own time has only to read this exceptional book.”—David McCullough, author of 1776 “Jon Meacham has given us an insightful and eloquent account of the spiritual foundation of the early days of the American republic. It is especially instructive reading at a time when the nation is at once engaged in and deeply divided on the question of religion and its place in public life.”—Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation
The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution: Commentaries on the Constitution, public and private, 8 November to 17 December, 1787
Author: Merrill JensenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
This landmark work in historical and legal scholarship draws upon thousands of sources to trace the Constitution's progress through each of the thirteen states' conventions. -- Provided by publisher.
The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780870201530
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Admission of State of New Columbia Into the Union
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia. Subcommittee on Judiciary and EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description