Title:
The myth of American religious freedom / David Sehat.
Author:
Sehat, David.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Call Number:
BR516 .S43 2011
Abstract:
In 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.
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ISBN:
9780195388763
Physical Description:
viii, 356 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Introduction : the myth of American religious freedom -- Contested liberties -- A godless government? -- The moral establishment -- The moral purpose of slavery and abolition -- Moral reproduction and the family -- Morals, citizenship, and segregation -- Women's rights, woman's individuality, and the Bible -- Religion, morals, and law -- A conflict of authorities -- Liberal and conservative moral visions -- The liberal moment -- A moral majority? -- Conclusion : moral maximalism and religious control.
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