02585nam 2200649 450 991080738580332120230120085007.00-19-986037-80-19-998601-01-283-84847-30-19-986038-6(CKB)2670000000310185(EBL)1036291(SSID)ssj0000783868(PQKBManifestationID)12366891(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000783868(PQKBWorkID)10761689(PQKB)11234979(Au-PeEL)EBL4704904(CaPaEBR)ebr11274083(CaONFJC)MIL416097(OCoLC)960166151(Au-PeEL)EBL7036523(MiAaPQ)EBC4704904(MiAaPQ)EBC1036291(MiAaPQ)EBC7036523(EXLCZ)99267000000031018520161012h20122012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNo establishment of religion America's original contribution to religious liberty /edited by T. Jeremy Gunn, John Witte, JrOxford, [England] ;New York, New York :Oxford University Press,2012.©20121 online resource (871 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-995016-4 0-19-986039-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.The First Amendment guarantee that ""Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"" rejected the millennium-old Western policy of supporting one form of Christianity in each nation and subjugating all other faiths. The exact meaning and application of this American innovation, however, has always proved elusive. Individual states found it difficult to remove traditional laws that controlled religious doctrine, liturgy, and church life, and that discriminated against unpopular religions. They found it even harder to decide more subtle legal questions that continue to dividFreedom of religionUnited StatesChurch and stateUnited StatesUnited StatesReligionHistoryFreedom of religionChurch and state322/.10973Gunn T. Jeremy(Thomas Jeremy),Witte John1959-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807385803321No establishment of religion3973628UNINA