{"product_id":"law-and-religion-in-american-history-public-values-and-private-conscience-paperback-9781316605462","title":"Law and Religion in American History; Public Values and Private Conscience (Paperback \/ softback) 9781316605462","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLaw and Religion in American History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePublic Values and Private Conscience\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a sweeping history of the relationship between law and religion in America from the colonial era to the present day.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMark Douglas McGarvie (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781316605462, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 July 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages, 7 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.42 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This book provides a timely and tightly focused study of the many ways in which politically active Christians have attempted to influence public policy since the founding of the Republic, and the manner in which courts have responded to such efforts. Highly Recommended.' William G. Ross, Journal of Church and State\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book furthers dialogue on the separation of church and state with an approach that emphasizes intellectual history and the constitutional theory that underlies American society. Mark Douglas McGarvie explains that the founding fathers of America considered the right of conscience to be an individual right, to be protected against governmental interference. While the religion clauses enunciated this right, its true protection occurred in the creation of separate public and private spheres. Religion and the churches were placed in the private sector. Yet, politically active Christians have intermittently mounted challenges to this bifurcation in calling for a greater public role for Christian faith and morality in American society. Both students and scholars will learn much from this intellectual history of law and religion that contextualizes a four-hundred-year-old ideological struggle.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Prologue: colonial America perpetuates state religion\u003cbr\u003e 2. Revolution in thought and social organization: the legal\u003cbr\u003e hegemony of Jeffersonian liberalism, 1776–1828\u003cbr\u003e 3. A Christian counter-revolution and a new vision of American society, 1828–65\u003cbr\u003e 4. Regulating behavior and teaching morals: the uses of religion, 1865–1937\u003cbr\u003e 5. The rights revolution, 1937–2014\u003cbr\u003e 6. Epilogue: the significance of history and a reconsideration of original intent\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographic essay\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Legal history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Legal history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Legal%20history%20%5BLAZ%5D%22\"\u003eLAZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Religion \u0026amp; politics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religion \u0026amp; politics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religion%20\u0026amp;%20politics%20%5BHRAM2%5D%22\"\u003eHRAM2\u003c\/a\u003e], History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266478919960,"sku":"9781316605462","price":25.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781316605462i.jpg?v=1696682805","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/law-and-religion-in-american-history-public-values-and-private-conscience-paperback-9781316605462","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}