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Endowed by Our Creator - The Birth of Religious Freedom in America (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,179
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Endowed by Our Creator - The Birth of Religious Freedom in America (Hardcover): Michael I. Meyerson

Endowed by Our Creator - The Birth of Religious Freedom in America (Hardcover)

Michael I. Meyerson

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Rejecting the extreme arguments of today's debates, the author examines what the framers of the Constitution actually said about religious freedom The debate over the framers' concept of freedom of religion has become heated and divisive. This scrupulously researched book sets aside the half-truths, omissions, and partisan arguments, and instead focuses on the actual writings and actions of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and others. Legal scholar Michael I. Meyerson investigates how the framers of the Constitution envisioned religious freedom and how they intended it to operate in the new republic. Endowed by Our Creator shows that the framers understood that the American government should not acknowledge religion in a way that favors any particular creed or denomination. Nevertheless, the framers believed that religion could instill virtue and help to unify a diverse nation. They created a spiritual public vocabulary, one that could communicate to all-including agnostics and atheists-that they were valued members of the political community. Through their writings and their decisions, the framers affirmed that respect for religious differences is a fundamental American value. Now it is for us, Meyerson concludes, to determine whether religion will be used to alienate and divide or to inspire and unify our religiously diverse nation.

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Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: June 2012
First published: June 2012
Authors: Michael I. Meyerson
Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-16632-3
Categories: Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Religious freedom
Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > Citizenship & nationality law > General
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LSN: 0-300-16632-X
Barcode: 9780300166323

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