| Edition |
Rev. one-volume ed. [1st ed.]. |
| Description |
xii, 660 pages ; 24 cm |
| Physical Medium |
8vo. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 623-631). |
| Contents |
The background of American religious freedom and church-state relations -- Factors for religious freedom in the revolutionary and early national periods -- State battles for religious freedom -- Constitutional provisions for religious freedom and church-state separation -- The Supreme Court's decisions in church and state -- Effects of constitutional freedom on the churches -- Early national influences on churches -- Protestant adjustments to American church-state conditions -- Roman Catholic adjustments to American church-state conditions -- Jewish adjustments to American church-state conditions -- The church and national issues arising before the Civil War -- The church and slavery -- National issues after the Civil War -- Adjustment to racial and religious minority needs -- Adjustments in public education -- Adjustments in the church education field -- Adjustments in the social-legislative field -- The legal basis of church rights -- The status of religion and Christianity -- The general conclusions of this book -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of legal cases. |
| Subject |
Church and state -- United States.
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Church and state. |
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United States. |
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Église et État -- États-Unis. |
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Kerk en staat. |
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Kirche. |
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Staat. |
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USA. |
| Added Author |
Pfeffer, Leo, 1910-1993.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-1958. Church and state in the United States. Rev. one-volume ed. [1st ed.]. New York, Harper & Row [1964] (OCoLC)609646420 |
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