Some controversies seem particularly significant for the development of constitutional rights. For the freedom from an establishment of religion, the most famous early debate occurred in Virginia in the mid-1780s. For the more immediate freedom of religion, however – the freedom from penalty or constraint on religion – the central historical debate is less familiar. It was in some respects merely a local quarrel, which embroiled Quakers and Revolutionaries in Philadelphia during a few tense weeks in 1775. Nonetheless, it was a revealing moment in the development of American religious liberty. At a time when Americans were struggling for equality against Britain, they also expected equality in their religious liberty, and their egalitarian v...
While Thomas Jefferson’s theory of strict separation of church and state has long captured the 20th ...
The struggle for religious freedom through the separation of church and state in Colonial America is...
Living, as we do, in a world in which our discussions of equality often lead back to the desegregati...
Some controversies seem particularly significant for the development of constitutional rights. For t...
Since the inception of the United States, religious freedom has been something that Americans have h...
This accessible introduction tells the American story of religious liberty from its colonial beginni...
This paper examines just how radical the American Revolution truly was through the lens of early Ame...
The early nineteenth century in America was a period in which the idea of religious liberty came to ...
The struggle for full religious liberty in Virginia encompassed nearly two decades and generated tho...
Few subjects in American history have elicited as much scholarly attention as religious freedom. Yet...
When the convention which framed the federal constitution assembled in Philadelphia in 1787 religiou...
The debate over the framers’ concept of freedom of religion has become heated and divisive. This scr...
Since the inception of the United States, religious freedom has been something that Americans have h...
Since the origins of the United States, American Christians have cherished religious freedom as an i...
The eighteenth-century American founders believed that religion is special and deserves special cons...
While Thomas Jefferson’s theory of strict separation of church and state has long captured the 20th ...
The struggle for religious freedom through the separation of church and state in Colonial America is...
Living, as we do, in a world in which our discussions of equality often lead back to the desegregati...
Some controversies seem particularly significant for the development of constitutional rights. For t...
Since the inception of the United States, religious freedom has been something that Americans have h...
This accessible introduction tells the American story of religious liberty from its colonial beginni...
This paper examines just how radical the American Revolution truly was through the lens of early Ame...
The early nineteenth century in America was a period in which the idea of religious liberty came to ...
The struggle for full religious liberty in Virginia encompassed nearly two decades and generated tho...
Few subjects in American history have elicited as much scholarly attention as religious freedom. Yet...
When the convention which framed the federal constitution assembled in Philadelphia in 1787 religiou...
The debate over the framers’ concept of freedom of religion has become heated and divisive. This scr...
Since the inception of the United States, religious freedom has been something that Americans have h...
Since the origins of the United States, American Christians have cherished religious freedom as an i...
The eighteenth-century American founders believed that religion is special and deserves special cons...
While Thomas Jefferson’s theory of strict separation of church and state has long captured the 20th ...
The struggle for religious freedom through the separation of church and state in Colonial America is...
Living, as we do, in a world in which our discussions of equality often lead back to the desegregati...