Scott Douglas Gerber

Law and Religion in Colonial America

The Dissenting Colonies

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Produktbeschreibung

"Scott Douglas Gerber reveals that America has been devoted to the free exercise of religion since well before the First Amendment was ratified. An important contribution to the history of colonial America and religious liberty, this work will interest scholars of history, political science, and the law of religious freedom"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9781009289054
• ISBN-10: 1009289055
• Artikelnr.: 66826583

Autorenporträt

Scott Douglas Gerber is Professor of Law at Ohio Northern University, and Associated Scholar at Brown University's Political Theory Project. He is the author of seven previous books and the editor of two others. In 2022, he won the inaugural Christopher Collier Prize from the Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: English Law about Religious Toleration Prior to the Planting of Colonial America
1. Law and Catholicism in Colonial Maryland
2. Law and the Lively Experiment in Colonial Rhode Island
3. Law and the Holy Experiment in Colonial Pennsylvania
4. Law and Congregationalism in Colonial Connecticut
5. Law and a City Upon a Hill in Colonial Massachusetts
Conclusion: Law, Religion, and Historiography in Colonial America.