The religious roots of the First Amendment : dissenting Protestants and the separation of church and state /

Arguing that commitments by certain dissenting Protestants to the right of private judgment in matters of Biblical interpretation helped promote religious liberty and religious disestablishment in the early modern West, this text describes a continuous strand of this religious thought - as well as t...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Miller, Nicholas Patrick
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Arguing that commitments by certain dissenting Protestants to the right of private judgment in matters of Biblical interpretation helped promote religious liberty and religious disestablishment in the early modern West, this text describes a continuous strand of this religious thought - as well as the thinkers who spread it.
Umfang:
1 online resource (263 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-985837-3
1-280-49974-5
9786613594976
Schlagworte:
United States. > Constitution. > 1st Amendment
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