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Thomas Jefferson and the wall of separation between church and state

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Cover of: Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State
Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State
2003, New York University Press
in English
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Thomas Jefferson and the wall of separation between church and state
2002, New York University Press
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Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction: The Creation of an American Metaphor 1
2 The President, a Mammoth Cheese, and the "Wall of Separation": Jeffersonian Politics and the New England Baptists 9
3 "Sowing Useful Truths and Principles": Thomas Jefferson and the Danbury Baptist Association 25
4 "What the Wall Separates": A Jurisdictional Interpretation of the "Wall of Separation" 55
5 Early References to a "Wall of Separation": Prefiguring the Jeffersonian Metaphor 71
6 Creating "Effectual Barriers": Alternative Metaphors in Defense of Religious Liberty 83
7 "Useful Truths and PrinciplesGerminate and Become Rooted" in the American Mind: Jefferson's
Metaphor Enters Political and Juridical Discourse 95
8 Conclusion: The Re-Creation of Church-State Law, Policy, and Discourse 107
Appendices: Documents from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson 129
1 Proclamation Appointing a Day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer, May 1774 131
2 Address to the Inhabitants of the Parish of St. Anne, 1774 132
3 Bills Reported by the Committee of Revisors Appointed by the General Assembly of Virginia
in 1776, 18 June 1779 133
4 Proclamation Appointing a Day of Publick and Solemn Thanksgiving and Prayer, November 1779 137
5 Draft of "The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798," November 1798 (excerpt) 140
6 Correspondence with the Danbury Baptist Association, 1801-1802 142
7 Correspondence with the Citizens of Chesire, Massachusetts, January 1802 149
8 Second Inaugural Address, 4 March 1805 (excerpts) 152
9 Letter from Jefferson to the Reverend Samuel Miller, 23 January 1808 153.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-269) and index.

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New York
Series
Critical America

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Dewey Decimal Class
973.4/6/092
Library of Congress
E332.2 .D74 2002, E332.2.D74 2002

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x, 283 p. :
Number of pages
283

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Open Library
OL3552638M
Internet Archive
thomasjeffersonw0000drei
ISBN 10
081471935X
LCCN
2002003333
OCLC/WorldCat
49284086
Goodreads
1696568

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