• Introduction to T. Jeremy Gunn and John Witte, Jr., eds., No Establishment of Religion: America’s Original Contribution to Religious Liberty

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2012
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Establishment Clause, Establishment of Religion, Religious Freedom, Separation of Church and State, United States Constitution, Law and Religion, First Amendment, Religion and Politics
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/mcew-s321
    Abstract:
    This Chapter introduces a new book-length study of the genesis and genius of the America’s constitutional commitment to granting religious freedom to all and religious establishments to none. The study analyzes the prescient movements for disestablishment in the colonies and the new states and the revolutionary new guarantees of religious freedom built into the First Amendment. It also shows how the ongoing battles over education, immigration, polygamy, funding, exemptions, and more have made the original and evolving understanding of the First Amendment disestablishment guarantee a source of perennial cultural and constitutional contest.
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    Publisher:
    Oxford University Press
    Pub. Date:
    2012
    Book Title:
    No Establishment of Religion: America’s Original Contribution to Religious Liberty
    Author/Editor:
    T. Jeremy Gunn and John Witte, Jr.
    Page Range:
    3 - 14
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    4 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved

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