Separation of Church and State
Founding Principle of Religious Liberty
Published on 31. May 2014
Book
Hardback
277 pages
978-0-88146-477-1 (ISBN)
Description
Frank Lambert tackles the central claims of the religious right "historians” who insist that America was conceived as a "Christian State”, that modern-day "liberals” and "secularists” have distorted the place of religion in American history, and that the phrase "the separation of church and state” is a myth created by the Left. He discusses what separates "bad” history from "good” history, and concludes that the "historians” of the religious right create a "useful past” that enlists the nation's founders on behalf of present-day conservative causes.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Georgia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88146-477-1 (9780881464771)
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Person
Frank Lambert is professor of History at Purdue University where he teaches courses on Colonial and Revolutionary American History and American Religious History. He is the author of seven books including The Founding Fathers and the Place of History in America and Religion in American Politics: A Short History, both published by Princeton University Press.