The Religious Roots of the First Amendment: Dissenting Protestants and the Separation of Church and State
The essential argument of this book is that ideas matter—specifically, religious ideas matter. Miller argues that theological ideas played an important role in the separation of church and state that became enshrined in the First Amendment to the US Constitution. Scholars have tended to emphasize En...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2013
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2013, Volume: 55, Issue: 3, Pages: 570-572 |
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| Summary: | The essential argument of this book is that ideas matter—specifically, religious ideas matter. Miller argues that theological ideas played an important role in the separation of church and state that became enshrined in the First Amendment to the US Constitution. Scholars have tended to emphasize Enlightenment ideas and the political realities that made separation practical and possible. Because the American colonies were so religiously pluralistic by the end of the colonial period that no single faith could assert hegemony, disestablishment became a practical means of preventing endless interreligious conflicts. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/cst043 |