The myth of American religious freedom [electronic resource] / David Sehat.
Sehat, David.
2010
BR516 .S43 2010eb
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Title The myth of American religious freedom [electronic resource] / David Sehat.
Author Sehat, David.
ISBN 9780199792573 (electronic bk.)
9780195388763
0195388763
Publication Details Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (viii, 356 p.)
Call Number BR516 .S43 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 261.7/20973
Summary In the battles over religion and politics in America, both liberals and conservatives often appeal to history. Liberals claim that the Founders separated church and state. But for much of American history, David Sehat writes, Protestant Christianity was intimately intertwined with the state. Yet the past was not the Christian utopia that conservatives imagine either. Instead, a Protestant moral establishment prevailed, using government power to punish free thinkers and religious dissidents.
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Introduction : the myth of American religious freedom
Contested liberties
A godless government?
The moral establishment
The moral purpose of slavery and abolition
Moral reproduction and the family
Morals, citizenship, and segregation
Women's rights, woman's individuality, and the Bible
Religion, morals, and law
A conflict of authorities
Liberal and conservative moral visions
The liberal moment
A moral majority?
Conclusion : moral maximalism and religious control.

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