{"product_id":"church-state-and-race-9780761858119","title":"Church State and Race","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book uses the discourse of religious liberty, often expressed as one favoring a separation between church and state, to explore racial differences during an era of American empire building (17501900). Discussions of religious liberty in America during this time often revolved around the fitness of certain ethnic or racial groups to properly exercise their freedom of conscience. Significant fear existed that groups outside the Anglo-Protestant mainstream might somehow undermine the American experiment in ordered republican liberty. Hence, repeated calls could be heard for varying forms of assimilation to normative Protestant ideals about religious expression. Though Americans pride themselves on their secular society, it is worth interrogating the exclusive and even violent genealogy of such secular values. When doing so, it is important to understand the racial limitations of the discourse of religious freedom for various aspects of American political culture. The following accoun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface   Introduction   Chapter 1: British Providentialism, Racial Identity, and American Religious Liberty, 1700–1800   Chapter 2: Jeffersonian Liberty and the Protestant Republic   Chapter 3: Slavery, Race, and Religious Liberty   Chapter 4: Anti-Catholicism and Race in the Nineteenth Century and Beyond   Chapter 5: Religious Liberty and Empire in the United States, 1820–1900   Conclusion: Church, State, and Race  Index  ","brand":"University Press of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037869441367,"sku":"9780761858119","price":66.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761858119.jpg?v=1750937932","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/church-state-and-race-9780761858119","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}