{"product_id":"the-serpentine-wall-9781412849708","title":"The Serpentine Wall","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Serpentine Wall\u003c\/em\u003e is chronologically structured, befitting a history of church-state separation in the United States. It begins with a history of ideas approach to the European backgrounds and colonial American experiments in theocracy and freedom of religion. It covers pre-modern American debates about religious freedom among the founding generation right up through the nineteenth century. The final section of the book focuses on the separation of church and state and how this has become a matter determined by the Supreme Court.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe resolution of the proper interpretation of the religious clauses of the First Amendment and the course of the boundary between church and state has been slow. Many changes that took place throughout the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century have influenced the increasingly circuitous route taken by the Serpentine Wall between the two. The result has been an increased focus on social issues involving questions of interpr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003ePart IPrologue to Democracy and Religious Freedom\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1European Influences\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2Colonial America\u003cbr\u003ePart IIThe Republic, Religious Freedom, and Church and State\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3The Founding and the Founders\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4The Early Republic\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5The Nineteenth Century\u003cbr\u003ePart IIIChurch and State in the Modern United States\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6The Twentieth Century to the Present\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7The Supreme Court\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8The Serpentine Wall and Universal History\u003cbr\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408049512791,"sku":"9781412849708","price":118.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-serpentine-wall-9781412849708","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}