Myth of American Religious Freedom

Name: Myth of American Religious Freedom
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ISBN: 9780195388763

ISBN-10: 0195388763

ISBN-13: 9780195388763

Edition: 2011

Authors: David Sehat

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In the battles over religion and politics in America, both liberals and conservatives often appeal to history to support their position. Liberals claim that the Founders separated church and state. But for much of American history, David Sehat writes, Protestant Christianity had an intimate connection 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. In The Myth of American Religious Freedom , Sehat provides an eye-opening history of religion in public life, overturning our most cherished myths. Originally, the First…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/14/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

David Sehat is Associate Professor of History at Georgia State University. His first book, The Myth of American Religious Freedom, won the Frederick Jackson Turner Award from the Organization of American Historians.



Preface


Introduction: The Myth of American Religious Freedom



Moral Law



Contested Liberties



A Godless Government?



The Moral Establishment



Challengers



The Moral Purpose of Slavery and Abolition



Moral Reproduction and the Family



Retrenchment



Morals, Citizenship, and Segregation



Women's Rights, Woman's Individuality, and the Bible



Religion, Morals, and Law



Fragmentation



A Conflict of Authorities



Liberal and Conservative Moral Visions



The Liberal Moment



A Moral Majority?


Conclusion: Moral Maximalism and Religious Control


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index