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Introduction
Historical timeline
Traveling faiths : foundation of the British Americas (1607-1732)
The Church of Virginia : establishment of the Church of England in America (1607-1786)
The pure faith : Christian reform movements (1620-1690)
God's divine providence : foundations of American religious liberty (1635-1777)
New Amsterdam : Dutch New York and the foundations of religious freedom (1645-1655)
Enlightened tolerance : religious policy as shaped by Enlightenment thought (1689-1791)
Passionate rationality : the Awakenings and the Age of Reason (1730-1835)
Abolition and absolution : slave laws and religious ideology (1815-1865)
Temperance and temptation : the Temperance Movement and American religious activism (1800-1933)
Anti-Catholic activism and violence : the conflict between Protestants and Catholics (1840-1890)
Gender rights and religion : the gender debate in America (1848-1920)
Sacred days : labor and American religion (1848 - present)
The intersection of religion and reproductive rights : Christianity and reproductive health (1850s - present)
Trust in the Divine : America's motto (1860 - present)
Due process : religion and the Fourteenth Amendment (1868 - present)
The battle over marriage rights : marriage and religion (1879 - present)
Dangerous religions : American Indian activism and religious liberty (1890-1930)
A Christian nation : The Supreme Court and Christian solidarity (1892 - present)
The scope of religion : Christian ideology and evolution (1925-1968)
The wall of separation : religion in public education (1947-2022)
God's chosen candidate : religion and the presidency (1961-2020)
Teaching religion : prayer in schools (1962 - present)
The Moral Majority : far right Christianity in the new conservative era (1979 - present)
The war on Christmas : Christmas displays and religious expression (1984 - present)
False equivalence : creationism and education (1987 - present)
The limits of free exercise : religious ritual and moral laws (1990 - present)
Are we under God? : the Pledge of Allegiance and constitutional law (2004 - present)
Public land and Christian land : Christian symbols and American government land (2005 - present)
Conclusion : gods of the future
Appendixes: Notes ; Primary & secondary sources ; Glossary ; Historical snapshots.
Historical timeline
Traveling faiths : foundation of the British Americas (1607-1732)
The Church of Virginia : establishment of the Church of England in America (1607-1786)
The pure faith : Christian reform movements (1620-1690)
God's divine providence : foundations of American religious liberty (1635-1777)
New Amsterdam : Dutch New York and the foundations of religious freedom (1645-1655)
Enlightened tolerance : religious policy as shaped by Enlightenment thought (1689-1791)
Passionate rationality : the Awakenings and the Age of Reason (1730-1835)
Abolition and absolution : slave laws and religious ideology (1815-1865)
Temperance and temptation : the Temperance Movement and American religious activism (1800-1933)
Anti-Catholic activism and violence : the conflict between Protestants and Catholics (1840-1890)
Gender rights and religion : the gender debate in America (1848-1920)
Sacred days : labor and American religion (1848 - present)
The intersection of religion and reproductive rights : Christianity and reproductive health (1850s - present)
Trust in the Divine : America's motto (1860 - present)
Due process : religion and the Fourteenth Amendment (1868 - present)
The battle over marriage rights : marriage and religion (1879 - present)
Dangerous religions : American Indian activism and religious liberty (1890-1930)
A Christian nation : The Supreme Court and Christian solidarity (1892 - present)
The scope of religion : Christian ideology and evolution (1925-1968)
The wall of separation : religion in public education (1947-2022)
God's chosen candidate : religion and the presidency (1961-2020)
Teaching religion : prayer in schools (1962 - present)
The Moral Majority : far right Christianity in the new conservative era (1979 - present)
The war on Christmas : Christmas displays and religious expression (1984 - present)
False equivalence : creationism and education (1987 - present)
The limits of free exercise : religious ritual and moral laws (1990 - present)
Are we under God? : the Pledge of Allegiance and constitutional law (2004 - present)
Public land and Christian land : Christian symbols and American government land (2005 - present)
Conclusion : gods of the future
Appendixes: Notes ; Primary & secondary sources ; Glossary ; Historical snapshots.