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Book SynopsisOffers an analysis and interpretation of the Court's historical understanding of religion, explaining the revolutionary change that occurred in the 1940s. This book examines how a strict separation of church and state was sustained through the opinions of Jefferson and Madison, even though their views were those of the minority.
Trade Review"Hitchcock's work offers timely admonition to those who are concerned about religion, politics, and society. As church and state increasingly intersect, his proposal offers a compelling way forward: to see separation as governing the relationship between religion and government and accommodation as defining the relationship between religion and culture."--Jeremiah H. Russell, Christian Social Thought "These two volumes are a wonderful gift to the scholarly enterprise of American church-state jurisprudence. They are part of a growing body of literature that is forcing many of us to revisit, either critically or sympathetically, the received understanding of the history of, and the judicial reasoning about, the religion clauses of America's First Amendment... [I]t is the sort of scholarship that for years to come will be included in the canon of works that must be addressed before one offers an alternative or complementary perspective."--Francis J. Beckwith, Journal of Church and State
Table of ContentsIntroduction to Volume 2 1 CHAPTER ONE: Original Intent 3 CHAPTER TWO: Patterns of Establishment 22 CHAPTER THREE: Pillars of a Wall 47 CHAPTER FOUR: The Faiths of the Justices 77 CHAPTER FIVE: A Fragile Wall 109 CONCLUSION 133 Notes 165 Bibliography 211 Index of Justices 245 Index of Cases 247 General Index 251
