| Description |
x, 283 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
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Critical America
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-269) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the creation of an American metaphor -- The president, a mammoth cheese, and the "wall of separation" : Jeffersonian politics and the New England Baptists -- "Sowing useful truths and principles" : Thomas Jefferson and the Danbury Baptist Association -- "What the wall separates" : a jurisdictional interpretation of the "wall of separation" -- Early references to a "wall of separation" : prefiguring the Jeffersonian metaphor -- Creating "effectual barriers" : alternative metaphors in defense of religious liberty -- "Useful truths and principles ... germinate and become rooted" in the American mind : Jefferson's metaphor enters political and juridical discourse -- Conclusion : the re-creation of church-state law, policy, and discourse. |
| Subject |
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Views on church and state.
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Correspondence.
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Danbury Baptist Association.
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Literary art.
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Metaphor -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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Church and state -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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Religion and politics -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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| ISBN |
081471935X (hc : alk. paper) |
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