The Ten Commandments: A Handbook of Religious, Legal and Social Issues

by Joseph Hester

The founders of the United States were well aware of religious differences in the new nation. Oppression had forced varied European religious groups to seek homes elsewhere, some in the new world of America. Governmental pressures toward conformity in religion had in the past led to corruption and civil strife. Thus, Congress made a dual assertion in its First Amendment to the Constitution: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786426586
• ISBN13: 9780786426584
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher