| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 335 pages) |
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Primary documents in American history and contemporary issues, 1069-5605 |
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Primary documents in American history and contemporary issues. 1069-5605
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| Contents |
Part I. Colonial Roots of Religious Liberty, 1606-1776 -- First Charter of Virginia (November 20, 1606) -- Acts of the Virginia Colonial Government on Religion (1624 and 1630) -- Charter of Massachusetts Bay (March 4, 1629) -- Acts of the Massachusetts Colonial Government on Religion (1631, 1635, and 1638) -- Massachusetts Body of Liberties (December 10, 1641) -- Massachusetts School Law (November 11, 1647) -- Maryland Toleration Act (April 21, 1649) -- Rhode Island Charter (July 8, 1663) -- The Great Case of Liberty of Conscience / William Penn, 1670 -- Great Law of Pennsylvania (December 7, 1682) -- A Letter Concerning Toleration (John Locke, 1689) -- Charter of Privileges of Pennsylvania / Granted by William Penn, October 28, 1701 -- Letter to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel / The Reverend Thomas Barton, November 8, 1762 -- An Appeal to the Public for Religious Liberty / The Reverend Isaac Backus, 1773 -- Part II. Religious Liberty in the Founding of the United States, 1776-1791 -- The Virginia Declaration of Rights (June 12, 1776) -- Articles on Religion in the Pennsylvania Declaration of Rights and Constitution (1776) -- Articles on Religion in the Maryland Declaration of Rights (1776) -- The Massachusetts Declaration of Rights (1780) -- Liberty of Worship in America / Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, 1782 -- An Argument for Religious Liberty in Notes on the State of Virginia / Thomas Jefferson, 1782 -- Letter on the Selection of a Roman Catholic Bishop in the United States of America / Father John Carroll, February 27, 1785 -- Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments / James Madison, June 20, 1785 -- The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom / Thomas Jefferson, January 16, 1786 -- Article VI of the United States Constitution (1787) -- An Argument Against a Religious Test for Public Office / Oliver Ellsworth, December 17, 1787 -- The Federalist 51 / Publius [James Madison], February 6, 1788 -- Speech on Rights in the U.S. House of Representatives / James Madison, June 8, 1789 -- Discussion in the House of Representatives on Constitutional Guarantees of Religious Liberty (August 15, 1789) -- Action in the Senate on Constitutional Guarantees of Religious Liberty (September 3 and 9, 1789) -- Clauses on Religion in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution (December 15, 1791) -- Part III. The Constitutional Right to Free Exercise of Religion, 1791-1991 -- Reynolds v. United States (1879) -- Pierce v. Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (1925) -- Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940) -- West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) -- Murdock v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1943) -- United States v. Ballard (1944) -- Prince v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1944) -- Braunfeld v. Brown (1961) -- Sherbert v. Verner (1963) -- Welsh v. United States (1970) -- Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) -- Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness (1981) -- United States v. Lee (1982) -- Bob Jones University v. United States (1983) -- Goldman v. Weinberger (1986) -- Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association (1988) -- Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith (1990) -- Part IV. The Constitutional Prohibition of an Establishment of Religion, 1791-1991 -- Everson v. Board of Education of Ewing Township (1947) -- Zorach v. Clauson (1952) -- McGowan v. Maryland (1961) -- Engel v. Vitale (1962) -- School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania v. Schempp (1963) -- Board of Education of Central School District No. 1 v. Allen (1968) -- Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York (1970) -- Lemon v. Kurtzman, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Pennsylvania (1971) -- Meek v. Pittenger (1975) -- 57: Wolman v. Walter (1977) -- Mueller v. Allen (1983) -- Marsh v. Chambers (1983) -- The Equal Access Act (1984) -- Wallace v. Jaffree (1985) -- Aguilar v. Felton (1985) -- Edwards v. Aguillard (1987) -- Allegheny County v. American Civil Liberties Union, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter (1989) -- Board of Education of the Westside Community Schools v. Mergens (1990) -- Part V. Constitutional Issues on Freedom of Religion, 1991-1998 -- Lee v. Weisman (1992) -- 67: Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District (1993) -- Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah (1993) -- Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District (1993) -- Religious Freedom Restoration Act (1993) -- Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet (1994) -- Rosenberger v. University of Virginia (1995) -- Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinette (1995) -- President Clinton's Statement on Religious Expression in Public Schools (July 13, 1995) -- Agostini v. Felton (1997) -- City of Boerne v. Flores (1997) -- Religious Diversity in the United States of America (1998) -- Appendix: Categorical Listings of U.S. Supreme Court Cases Treated in This Volume |
| Summary |
Traces the history and development of the debate over the separation of religion and government in the United States through a collection of primary documents |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Freedom of religion -- United States -- History -- Sources
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LAW -- Constitutional.
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LAW -- Public.
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Freedom of religion
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Patrick, John J., 1935-
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Long, Gerald P.
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| ISBN |
9781567508833 |
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1567508839 |
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9780313301407 |
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0313301409 |
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