01795 a2200313 4500 OSt 20260702110432.0 120830s xxu||||gr|||| 00| 0 spa d 9781586424145 PUCPR eng PSA cicg BR 516 .B323 2025 Balmer, Randall author America's Best Idea : The Separation of Church and State. Steerforth Press 2025 Lebanon, New Hampshire Steerforth Press ©2025 Lebanon, New Hampshire xviii, 139 pages ; 16 cm. rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediated n rdacarrier volume nc 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. Church and state 295831 United States Freedom of religion 98838 United States Religion and politics 158238 United States Secularism 167352 United States 6 lcc 306262 306262 0 0 lcc 0 0 7 7 4 2026-05-21 Caribbean Library Consulting Corp. 19.99 0 BR 516 .B323 2025 70000000906503 2026-07-02 11:32:01 c. 1 19.99 2026-07-02 6