The religious roots of the First Amendment
Subtitle: dissenting Protestantism and the separation of church and state
By: Nicholas P. Miller
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780199858361
Subjects: Protestantism; United States; Church history; Christianity and law; History; Influence; Christianity
Description: Arguing that commitments by certain dissenting Protestants to the right of private judgment in matters of Biblical interpretation helped promote religious liberty and religious disestablishment in the early modern West, this text describes a continuous strand of this religious thought - as well as the thinkers who spread it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ).and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: religion and American disestablishment; title: The monk and the bard: Luther's protest to Milton's Protestant vision; title: The philosopher and the enthusiast: John Locke and William Penn bring dissenting Protestantism to America; title: The Puritan lawyer and the Baptist preacher: Elisha Williams, Isaac Backus, and the rise of dissent in America; title: Revolutionary and governor: William Livington and the Anglican control of King's College; title: The political theologian and the theological politician: John Witherspoon and James Madison make a national principle; title: Epilogue: back to the future: three competing views of church and state.