num_pages: 392
description: This book examines the famous Jefferson document that foreshadowed the Constitution's guarantee of religious liberty, the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. Jefferson wrote the Virginia Statute and shepherded it through a decade-long struggle for adoption. The statute reflects two key Revolutionary principles: absolute freedom of religious conscience and the separation of church and state.
language: English
title: The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom: Its Evolution and Consequences in American History
titlecomplete: The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom: Its Evolution and Consequences in American History (Cambridge Studies in Religion and American Public Life)
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Cambridge University Press