1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996394291703316

Autore

Mackenzie George, Sir, <1636-1691.>

Titolo

A moral essa[y,] preferring solitude to publick employment, and all it's appanages [[electronic resource] ] : such as fame, command, riches, pleasures, conversation, &c. By Sir George Mackenzie, His Majesties Advocate in Scotland, and author of Moral Gallantry and Jus Regium

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed for S. Briscoe, over-against Will's Coffee-House in Russel Street in Covent. Garden, 1693

Edizione

[The second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

[16], 147, [3] p

Soggetti

Solitude

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Advertisements: [3] p. at end.

Running title: Solitude preferr'd to publick employment.

Imperfect: title page of copy catalogued torn at head affecting text.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784606403321

Autore

Cohen Naomi W (Naomi Wiener), <1927-2018.>

Titolo

Jews in Christian America [[electronic resource] ] : the pursuit of religious equality / / Naomi W. Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1992

ISBN

0-19-771406-4

1-280-52515-0

0-19-536226-8

1-4294-0731-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (315 p.)

Collana

Studies in Jewish history

Disciplina

322.1089924073

322/.1/089924073

973.089

Soggetti

Jews - United States - Politics and government

Religion and state - United States

Jews - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Constitutional history - United States

United States Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-291) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. From Toleration to Freedom; 2. Separationism Takes Root; 3. The Christian Agenda; 4. Separationism Is Moderated; Overview: 1945-1965; 5. Tests of Released Time; 6. The Case of the Innocuous Prayer; 7. Scripture in the Schools; 8. Sabbaths and Symbols; Afterword; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This study examines how American Jews contended with living in a fundamentally Christian state from colonial times to the present. Emphasis is placed on the manner in which Jewish actions have contributed to the development of a separation between Church and State in the USA.