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Church and State in American History Key Documents, Decisions, and Commentary from Five Centuries 4th Edition

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Full Title

Church and State in American History Key Documents, Decisions, and Commentary from Five Centuries 4th Edition

Author(s)

John Wilson, Donald Drakeman

Edition

4th Edition

ISBN

9780429663680, 9780367077273, 9780367077310, 9780429022401, 9780429660962, 9780429666407

Publisher

Routledge

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

Church and State in American History illuminates the complex relationships among the political and religious authority structures of American society, and illustrates why church-state issues have remained controversial since our nation’s founding. It has been in classroom use for over 50 years. John Wilson and Donald Drakeman explore the notion of America as “One Nation Under God” by examining the ongoing debate over the relationship of church and state in the United States. Prayers and religious symbols in schools and other public spaces, school vouchers and tax support for faith-based social initiatives continue to be controversial, as are arguments among advocates of pro-choice and pro-life positions. The updated 4th edition includes selections from colonial charters, Supreme Court decisions, and federal legislation, along with contemporary commentary and incisive interpretations by modern scholars. Figures as divergent as John Winthrop, Anne Hutchinson, James Madison, John F. Kennedy, and Sandra Day O’Connor speak from these pages, as do Robert Bellah, Clarence Thomas, and Ruth Bader Ginsberg. The continuing public and scholarly interest in this field, as well as a significant evolution in the Supreme Court’s church-state jurisprudence, renders this timely re-edition as essential reading for students of law, American History, Religion, and Politics.