02529nam 2200577 450 991082562190332120230213211349.01-280-44974-897866104497430-19-536400-71-60129-678-9(CKB)1000000000363423(StDuBDS)AH24084687(SSID)ssj0000296467(PQKBManifestationID)12082457(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000296467(PQKBWorkID)10326856(PQKB)10979297(MiAaPQ)EBC4700974(Au-PeEL)EBL4700974(CaPaEBR)ebr11273022(OCoLC)960164990(EXLCZ)99100000000036342320161011h19861986 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe first freedoms church and state in America to the passage of the First Amendment /Thomas J. CurryNew York, New York ;Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,1986.©19861 online resource (0 p.) Includes index.0-19-505181-5 Is government forbidden to assist all religions equally, as the Supreme Court has held? Or does the First Amendment merely ban exclusive aid to one religion, as critics of the Court assert? The First Freedoms studies the church-state context of colonial and revolutionary America to present a bold new reading of the historical meaning of the religion clauses of the First Amendment. Synthesizing and interpreting a wealth of evidence from the founding of Virginia to the passage of the Bill of Rights, including everything published in America before 1791, Thomas Curry traces America's developing ideas on religious liberty and offers the most extensive investigation ever of the historical origins and background of the First Amendment's religion clauses.Church and stateUnited StatesHistory18th centuryChurch and stateUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesChurch historyTo 1775United StatesChurch history19th centuryChurch and stateHistoryChurch and stateHistory322.10973Curry Thomas J.1710549MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825621903321The first freedoms4101259UNINA