Title: Freedom of religion /
Authors: Worton, Stanley N.,
Publisher: Hayden Book Co.,
Year: 1975
Subjects: Freedom of religion United States Juvenile literature.; Freedom of religion; Constitutional law United States
Abstract: Considers important historical documents leading to the establishment of the Bill of Rights and major recent events refining its interpretation, particularly in regards to religious freedom.
Contents: 1. In the name of religion -- 2. The care of souls : "Letter to Lord say and seal," Cotton ; "The bloudy tenent of persecution," Williams ; An act concerning religion, 1649 ; The Flushing Remonstrance ; "Journal," Woolman -- 3. No right to intrude : "Observations on the propagation of the gospel," Mayhew ; "Autobiography," Franklin ; "Age of reason," Paine ; "A discourse concerning unlimited submission," Mayhew ; "Seedtime of the republic," Rossiter ; "An act for establishing religious freedom," Jefferson -- 4. New approaches : "Autobiography of Peter Cartwright" ; "Millerism," Scharf and Westcott ; "The Catholic church," Spaulding ; "Speech to the greater Houston Ministerial Association," Kennedy -- 5. New Directions: "Why am I an agnostic?" Ingersoll ; "Applied Christianity," Gladden ; "The new redemption," Herron -- 6. Fixed constitutional star : "Our right not to believe," Bendiner ; West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) ; United States v. Seeger (1965) -- 7. A wall of separation : Everson v. Board of Education (1947) ; McCollum v. Board of Education (1948) ; Zorach v. Clauson (1952) ; Engel v. Vitale (1962) ; Abington School District v. Schempp and Murray v. Curlett (1963).