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020 _a9781586424145
040 _aPUCPR
_beng
_cPSA
049 _acicg
050 _aBR 516
_b.B323 2025
100 _aBalmer, Randall
_4author
245 _aAmerica's Best Idea :
_bThe Separation of Church and State.
260 _bSteerforth Press
_c2025
_aLebanon, New Hampshire
264 _bSteerforth Press
_c©2025
_aLebanon, New Hampshire
300 _axviii, 139 pages ;
_c16 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
_bnc
504 _aIncludes bibliography.
505 _tTransatlantic Visionaries --
_tThe Flushing Remonstrance, William Livingston, and King's College --
_tForging the First Amendment --
_tGeorge Washington and Divine Providence --
_tJohn Adams and the Treaty of Tripoli --
_tJames Madison an the Baptist --
_tThomas Jefferson , the First Amendment, and the Mammoth Chesse --
_tDisestablishment in Connecticut --
_tDesignating the United States as a a "Christian Nation" --
_tSchool Wars and the Blaine Amendments --
_tMormons and the "Divine Origins" of the Constitution --
_tThe Johnson Amendment and the First Amendment --
_tJohn F. Kennedy and School Prayer --
_t"Soul Liberty ", Roy's Rock, and the Need for More Baptists --
_tThe Battle Cry of "Religious Freedom" --
_tThe Case Against Christian Nationalism.
650 0 _aChurch and state
_9295831
_zUnited States
650 0 _aFreedom of religion
_998838
_zUnited States
650 0 _aReligion and politics
_9158238
_zUnited States
650 0 _aSecularism
_9167352
_zUnited States
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