LEADER 04868nam 22006975 450 001 9910213819503321 005 20220722192124.0 010 $a0-585-00257-6 010 $a0-8147-2804-9 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814728048 035 $a(CKB)111000211309074 035 $a(EBL)865435 035 $a(OCoLC)782877932 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000222716 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11197837 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000222716 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10175434 035 $a(PQKB)10950609 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865435 035 $a(OCoLC)42854095 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10843 035 $a(DE-B1597)547695 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814728048 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111000211309074 100 $a20200623h19961996 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPlease don't wish me a Merry Christmas $ea critical history of the separation of church and state /$fStephen M. Feldman 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[1996] 210 4$dİ1996 215 $a1 online resource (410 p.) 225 0 $aCritical America ;$v30 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-2684-4 311 $a0-8147-2637-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 376-388) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tCHAPTER I. Introduction: Different Stories --$tCHAPTER 2. Origins of Power --$tCHAPTER 3. The Christian Middle Ages --$tCHAPTER 4. The Christian Renaissance and Reformation in Continental Europe --$tCHAPTER 5. The English Reformation, Civil War, and Revolution --$tCHAPTER 6. The North American Colonies --$tCHAPTER 7. The American Revolution and Constitution --$tCHAPTER 8. The Fruits of the Framing --$tCHAPTER 9. The Fruits of the Framing --$tCHAPTER 10. A Synchronic Analysis of the Separation of Church and State in the Late Twentieth Century --$tNotes --$tSelected Bibliography --$tIndex 330 $aWhether in the form of Christmas trees in town squares or prayer in school, fierce disputes over the separation of church and state have long bedeviled this country. Both decried and celebrated, this principle is considered by many, for right or wrong, a defining aspect of American national identity. Nearly all discussions regarding the role of religion in American life build on two dominant assumptions: first, the separation of church and state is a constitutional principle that promotes democracy and equally protects the religious freedom of all Americans, especially religious outgroups; and second, this principle emerges as a uniquely American contribution to political theory. In Please Don't Wish Me a Merry Christmas, Stephen M. Feldman challenges both these assumptions. He argues that the separation of church and state primarily manifests and reinforces Christian domination in American society. Furthermore, Feldman reveals that the separation of church and state did not first arise in the United States. Rather, it has slowly evolved as a political and religious development through western history, beginning with the initial appearance of Christianity as it contentiously separated from Judaism.In tracing the historical roots of the separation of church and state within the Western world, Feldman begins with the Roman Empire and names Augustine as the first political theorist to suggest the idea. Feldman next examines how the roles of church and state variously merged and divided throughout history, during the Crusades, the Italian Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation, the British Civil War and Restoration, the early North American colonies, nineteenth-century America, and up to the present day. In challenging the dominant story of the separation of church and state, Feldman interprets the development of Christian social power vis--vis the state and religious minorities, particularly the prototypical religious outgroup, Jews. 410 0$aCritical America. 606 $aChristianity and antisemitism$xHistory 606 $aChristianity and antisemitism$zUnited States 606 $aChurch and state$zUnited States 607 $aUnited states$xPolitics and government$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xChurch history$y20th century 615 0$aChristianity and antisemitism$xHistory. 615 0$aChristianity and antisemitism 615 0$aChurch and state 676 $a322/.1/09 686 $aNQ 5310$2rvk 700 $aFeldman$b Stephen M.$f1955-$01234662 702 $aFeldman$b Stephen M.$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910213819503321 996 $aPlease Don't Wish Me a Merry Christmas$92868125 997 $aUNINA 999 $p$133.88$u03/10/2016$5Relig