Title: The second disestablishment : church and state in nineteenth-century America /
Authors: Green, Steven K. 1955-
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Church and state United States History; United States Church history
Abstract: Study of the relationship between church and state in America tends to focus either on the founding period or the modern era. Steven Green argues that a crucial development occurred during the 19th century as legal and educational reforms and a growing appreciation of the nation's religious diversity led to a second disestablishment.
Contents: Revolutionary disestablishment -- Federal disestablishment -- Resistance and revisionism -- New England disestablishment -- Legal Christianity conceived -- Legal Christianity applied -- Legal Christianity refuted -- The rise of nonsectarianism -- The secularization of nonsectarianism -- Reaction -- Reconciliation.