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A searching reexamination of disestablishment in early national America and the role of contract law in that process. This book documents America's transition from Christian communitarianism with its government-sponsored religious institutions to liberal republicanism. It is useful for historians as well as students of church-state separation.

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Toleration versus Freedom
2. Revolutions in Churches and Society
3. "To Form a More Perfect Union"
4. God Is as Man Makes Him
5. Revolutionary-Era Disestablishment
6. Southern Republicanism and Constitutional-Era Disestablishment
7. The Dartmouth College Case
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher Cornell University Press
      Published 24 September 2004
      ISBN-13 9780875803333
      978-0875803333
      ISBN-10 0875803334

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A searching reexamination of disestablishment in early national America and the role of contract law in that process. This book documents America's transition from Christian communitarianism with its government-sponsored religious institutions to liberal republicanism. It is useful for historians as well as students of church-state separation.

      Trade Review

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      Table of Contents

      Table of Contents
      Illustrations
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction
      1. Toleration versus Freedom
      2. Revolutions in Churches and Society
      3. "To Form a More Perfect Union"
      4. God Is as Man Makes Him
      5. Revolutionary-Era Disestablishment
      6. Southern Republicanism and Constitutional-Era Disestablishment
      7. The Dartmouth College Case
      Conclusion
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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