| Description |
viii, 499 pages ; 24 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-464) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Ties That Bind -- "In the Beginning Was the Word," 1620-1791 -- Establishing the Parameters of Priestly Duties, 1790-1821 -- Expounding the Holy Writ in Troubled Times, 1810-1860 -- Interpreting New and Old Holy Books: Part I: Beginning to Widen the Civil Religious Community, 1860-1917 -- Interpreting New and Old Holy Books: Part II: Protecting Property and Other Individual Rights in the Changing Economy, 1864-1917 -- Responding to New Crises and Exploring the Implications of the Civil Theology, 1917-1941 -- Searching for the Meaning of Loyalty within the American Civil Religion, 1940-1959 -- Struggling to Equalize Justice and Expand the Civil Theology's Reach: Part I: The Matter of Race, 1954-1997 -- Struggling to Equalize Justice and Expand the Civil Theology's Reach: Part II: Other Matters Including Gender and Sectarian Religion, 1962-1997 -- Making the Scriptures on Individual Rights Nationally Operative, 1960-1997 -- Conclusion: The Blessings of Liberty -- Justices of the Supreme Court. |
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United States. Supreme Court -- History.
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Constitutional history -- United States.
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United States. Supreme Court. (OCoLC)fst00529481
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Constitutional history. (OCoLC)fst00875777
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0847689859 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780847689859 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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