TY - GEN AU - Balmer, Randall TI - America's Best Idea : : The Separation of Church and State SN - 9781586424145 AV - BR 516 .B323 2025 PY - 2025/// CY - Lebanon, New Hampshire PB - Steerforth Press KW - Church and state KW - United States KW - Freedom of religion KW - Religion and politics KW - Secularism N1 - 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 ER -