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• catalog abstract ""The concept of religion-based politics has taken on new and sometimes ominous tones - even within the United States. In revisiting his prescient and influential first edition of The First Liberty, William Lee Miller has written a pointed new introduction, discussing how religious liberty has fathomed new depths in a post-9/11 world. Along with new material on recent Supreme Court cases involving church-state relations, and a new concluding chapter on America's religious and political landscape, this volume is an eloquent and thorough interpretation of how religious faith and political freedom continue to intermingle - and most importantly, how each must respect the boundary of the other." "Though many claim the United States to be a "Christian Nation," Miller reveals the true philosophical and political scaffolding that helped to build the famous "wall of separation" between church and state. Miller traces this fundamental American principle through the three great standard-bearers of religious liberty: Jefferson, Madison, and Roger Williams. Jefferson, who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, the precursor of the First Amendment of the Constitution; James Madison, who was politically responsible for Virginia's acceptance of religious liberty and who, a few years later, helped draft the Bill of Rights; and the even earlier figure, the radical dissenter Roger Williams, who propounded the idea of religious freedom not as a rational secularist but out of a deeply held spiritual faith." "The debate these founders began continues today in passionate arguments about civil rights, school prayer, abortion, Christmas creches, conscientious objection during warfare - and demonstrates how the right to hold any religious belief, including atheism, has dynamically shaped American political life."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b12655049.
• catalog coverage "United States Church history 19th century.".
• catalog coverage "United States Church history To 1775.".
• catalog created "2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
• catalog description ""The concept of religion-based politics has taken on new and sometimes ominous tones - even within the United States. In revisiting his prescient and influential first edition of The First Liberty, William Lee Miller has written a pointed new introduction, discussing how religious liberty has fathomed new depths in a post-9/11 world. Along with new material on recent Supreme Court cases involving church-state relations, and a new concluding chapter on America's religious and political landscape, this volume is an eloquent and thorough interpretation of how religious faith and political freedom continue to intermingle - and most importantly, how each must respect the boundary of the other." "Though many claim the United States to be a "Christian Nation," Miller reveals the true philosophical and political scaffolding that helped to build the famous "wall of separation" between church and state. Miller traces this fundamental American principle through the three great standard-bearers of religious liberty: Jefferson, Madison, and Roger Williams. Jefferson, who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, the precursor of the First Amendment of the Constitution; James Madison, who was politically responsible for Virginia's acceptance of religious liberty and who, a few years later, helped draft the Bill of Rights; and the even earlier figure, the radical dissenter Roger Williams, who propounded the idea of religious freedom not as a rational secularist but out of a deeply held spiritual faith." "The debate these founders began continues today in passionate arguments about civil rights, school prayer, abortion, Christmas creches, conscientious objection during warfare - and demonstrates how the right to hold any religious belief, including atheism, has dynamically shaped American political life."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Bill Number 82 -- The vocation of James Madison -- The conscience is found in all mankind -- A fixed star in our constitutional constellation -- Concluding motes on liberty shaping a culture -- Appendix A. Thomas Jefferson, a bill for establishing religious freedom -- Appendix B. James Madison, memorial and remonstrance.".
• catalog extent "xii, 280 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0878408991 (case : alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press,".
• catalog spatial "United States Church history 19th century.".
• catalog spatial "United States Church history To 1775.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "323.44/2/0973 21".
• catalog subject "BR516 .M543 2003".
• catalog subject "Freedom of religion United States History 19th century.".
• catalog subject "Freedom of religion United States History 20th century.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Bill Number 82 -- The vocation of James Madison -- The conscience is found in all mankind -- A fixed star in our constitutional constellation -- Concluding motes on liberty shaping a culture -- Appendix A. Thomas Jefferson, a bill for establishing religious freedom -- Appendix B. James Madison, memorial and remonstrance.".
• catalog title "The first liberty : America's foundation in religious freedom / William Lee Miller.".
• catalog type "Church history. fast".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".