Thomas Jefferson and the wall of separation between church and state
By: Daniel L. Dreisbach.
Series: Critical America
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Danbury Baptist Association; Metaphor -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Church and state -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Religion and politics -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-269) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction: The Creation of an American Metaphor 1; title: 2 The President, a Mammoth Cheese, and the "Wall of Separation": Jeffersonian Politics and the New England Baptists 9; title: 3 "Sowing Useful Truths and Principles": Thomas Jefferson and the Danbury Baptist Association 25; title: 4 "What the Wall Separates": A Jurisdictional Interpretation of the "Wall of Separation" 55; title: 5 Early References to a "Wall of Separation": Prefiguring the Jeffersonian Metaphor 71; title: 6 Creating "Effectual Barriers": Alternative Metaphors in Defense of Religious Liberty 83; title: 7 "Useful Truths and PrinciplesGerminate and Become Rooted" in the American Mind: Jefferson's; title: Metaphor Enters Political and Juridical Discourse 95; title: 8 Conclusion: The Re-Creation of Church-State Law, Policy, and Discourse 107; title: Appendices: Documents from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson 129; title: 1 Proclamation Appointing a Day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer, May 1774 131; title: 2 Address to the Inhabitants of the Parish of St. Anne, 1774 132; title: 3 Bills Reported by the Committee of Revisors Appointed by the General Assembly of Virginia; title: in 1776, 18 June 1779 133; title: 4 Proclamation Appointing a Day of Publick and Solemn Thanksgiving and Prayer, November 1779 137; title: 5 Draft of "The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798," November 1798 (excerpt) 140; title: 6 Correspondence with the Danbury Baptist Association, 1801-1802 142; title: 7 Correspondence with the Citizens of Chesire, Massachusetts, January 1802 149; title: 8 Second Inaugural Address, 4 March 1805 (excerpts) 152; title: 9 Letter from Jefferson to the Reverend Samuel Miller, 23 January 1808 153.