Law and Religion in American History: Public Values and Private Conscience

by Mark Douglas McGarvie

Book Overview

This book furthers dialogue on the separation of church and state with an approach that emphasizes intellectual history and the constitutional theory that underlies American society. Mark Douglas McGarvie explains that the founding fathers of America considered the right of conscience to be an individual right, to be protected against governmental interference. While the religion clauses enunciated this right, its true protection occurred in the creation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316605469
• ISBN13: 9781316605462
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"