Balmer, Randall

America's Best Idea : The Separation of Church and State. - Lebanon, New Hampshire Steerforth Press 2025 - xviii, 139 pages ; 16 cm.

Includes bibliography.

Transatlantic Visionaries -- The Flushing Remonstrance, William Livingston, and King's College -- Forging the First Amendment -- George Washington and Divine Providence -- John Adams and the Treaty of Tripoli -- James Madison an the Baptist -- Thomas Jefferson , the First Amendment, and the Mammoth Chesse -- Disestablishment in Connecticut -- Designating the United States as a a "Christian Nation" -- School Wars and the Blaine Amendments -- Mormons and the "Divine Origins" of the Constitution -- The Johnson Amendment and the First Amendment -- John F. Kennedy and School Prayer -- "Soul Liberty ", Roy's Rock, and the Need for More Baptists -- The Battle Cry of "Religious Freedom" -- The Case Against Christian Nationalism.

9781586424145


Church and state--United States
Freedom of religion--United States
Religion and politics--United States
Secularism--United States

BR 516 / .B323 2025