Separation of church and state
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In a powerful challenge to conventional wisdom, Philip Hamburger argues that the separation of church and state has no historical foundation in the First Amendment. The detailed evidence assembled here shows that eighteenth-century Americans almost never invoked this principle. Although Thomas Jefferson and others retrospectively claimed that the First Amendment separated church and state, separation became part of American constitutional law only much later. Hamburger shows that separation became a constitutional freedom largely through fear and prejudice. Jefferson supported separation out of hostility to the Federalist clergy of New England. Nativist Protestants (ranging from nineteenth-century Know Nothings to twentieth-century members of the K.K.K.) adopted the principle of separation to restrict the role of Catholics in public life. Gradually, these Protestants were joined by theologically liberal, anti-Christian secularists, who hoped that separation would limit Christianity and all other distinct religions. Eventually, a wide range of men and women called for separation. Almost all of these Americans feared ecclesiastical authority, particularly that of the Catholic Church, and, in response to their fears, they increasingly perceived religious liberty to require a separation of church from state. American religious liberty was thus redefined and even transformed. In the process, the First Amendment was often used as an instrument of intolerance and discrimination.
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Subjects
1st
Church and state
Church and state -- United States
Church history
Constitutional
Constitutional amendments
Constitutional amendments -- United States -- 1st
E?glise et E?tat
E?glise et E?tat -- E?tats-Unis
Electronic books
Église et État
Église et État -- États-Unis
États-Unis -- Histoire religieuse -- 18e siècle
Histoire religieuse
Kerk en staat
Kirche
LAW
LAW -- Constitutional
Political Advocacy
Political Process
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy
Staat
United States
United States -- Church history
United States -- Church history -- 18th century
United States - Church history - 18th century
USA
Église et État
Église et État -- États-Unis
Church and state
Church and state -- United States
Church history
Constitutional
Constitutional amendments
Constitutional amendments -- United States -- 1st
E?glise et E?tat
E?glise et E?tat -- E?tats-Unis
Electronic books
Église et État
Église et État -- États-Unis
États-Unis -- Histoire religieuse -- 18e siècle
Histoire religieuse
Kerk en staat
Kirche
LAW
LAW -- Constitutional
Political Advocacy
Political Process
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy
Staat
United States
United States -- Church history
United States -- Church history -- 18th century
United States - Church history - 18th century
USA
Église et État
Église et État -- États-Unis
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In a powerful challenge to conventional wisdom, Philip Hamburger argues that the separation of church and state has no historical foundation in the First Amendment. The detailed evidence assembled here shows that eighteenth-century Americans almost never invoked this principle. Although Thomas Jefferson and others retrospectively claimed that the First Amendment separated church and state, separation became part of American constitutional law only much later. Hamburger shows that separation became a constitutional freedom largely through fear and prejudice. Jefferson supported separation out of hostility to the Federalist clergy of New England. Nativist Protestants (ranging from nineteenth-century Know Nothings to twentieth-century members of the K.K.K.) adopted the principle of separation to restrict the role of Catholics in public life. Gradually, these Protestants were joined by theologically liberal, anti-Christian secularists, who hoped that separation would limit Christianity and all other distinct religions. Eventually, a wide range of men and women called for separation. Almost all of these Americans feared ecclesiastical authority, particularly that of the Catholic Church, and, in response to their fears, they increasingly perceived religious liberty to require a separation of church from state. American religious liberty was thus redefined and even transformed. In the process, the First Amendment was often used as an instrument of intolerance and discrimination.
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Electronic books
Église et État -- États-Unis
États-Unis -- Histoire religieuse -- 18e siècle
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United States -- Church history
United States -- Church history -- 18th century
Église et État -- États-Unis
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Church history
Constitutional amendments -- United States -- 1st
E?glise et E?tat -- E?tats-Unis
Electronic books
Église et État -- États-Unis
États-Unis -- Histoire religieuse -- 18e siècle
Kerk en staat
Kirche
LAW -- Constitutional
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy
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USA
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United States - Church history - 18th century
United States -- Church history
United States -- Church history -- 18th century
Église et État -- États-Unis
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Separation of church and state
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Separation of Church and State Hamburger, Philip.
Separation of church and state / Philip Hamburger
Separation of church and state [electronic resource] / Philip Hamburger
Separation of church and state / Philip Hamburger
Separation of church and state [electronic resource] / Philip Hamburger
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Church and state
Church history
Constitutional
Constitutional amendments
E?glise et E?tat
Église et État
Histoire religieuse
Kerk en staat
Kirche
LAW
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Political Advocacy
Political Process
Staat
United States - Church history - 18th century
Église et État
Church and state
Church history
Constitutional
Constitutional amendments
E?glise et E?tat
Église et État
Histoire religieuse
Kerk en staat
Kirche
LAW
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Political Advocacy
Political Process
Staat
United States - Church history - 18th century
Église et État
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