02599nam 2200601Ia 450 99624798570331620170809174203.00-19-979311-51-282-94511-497866129451130-19-979257-72027/heb31509(CKB)2670000000060986(EBL)631625(OCoLC)695028678(SSID)ssj0000439971(PQKBManifestationID)12168326(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000439971(PQKBWorkID)10465129(PQKB)10316027(MiAaPQ)EBC631625(dli)HEB31509(MiU)MIU01000000000000012918694(EXLCZ)99267000000006098620100407d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe myth of American religious freedom /David SehatOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20101 online resource (367 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-538876-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Myth of American Religious Freedom; Part I: Moral Law; Part II: Challengers; Part III: Retrenchment; Part IV: Fragmentation; Conclusion: Moral Maximalism and Religious Control; Acknowledgments; Notes; IndexIn the battles over religion and politics in America, both liberals and conservatives often appeal to history. Liberals claim that the Founders separated church and state. But for much of American history, David Sehat writes, Protestant Christianity was intimately intertwined with the state. Yet the past was not the Christian utopia that conservatives imagine either. Instead, a Protestant moral establishment prevailed, using government power to punish free thinkers and religious dissidents. In The Myth of American Religious Freedom, Sehat provides an eye-opening history of religion in public lFreedom of religionUnited StatesHistoryChristian ethicsUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesChurch historyFreedom of religionHistory.Christian ethicsHistory.261.7/20973323.4420973Sehat David475883MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996247985703316Myth of American religious freedom242217UNISA