The Resource Endowed by our creator : the birth of religious freedom in America, Michael I. Meyerson
Endowed by our creator : the birth of religious freedom in America, Michael I. Meyerson
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The item Endowed by our creator : the birth of religious freedom in America, Michael I. Meyerson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
- "Focuses on the actual writings and actions of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and others. Legal scholar Michael I. Meyerson investigates how the framers of the Constitution envisioned religious freedom and how they intended it to operate in the new republic. Endowed by Our Creator shows that the framers understood that the American government should not acknowledge religion in a way that favors any particular creed or denomination. Nevertheless, the framers believed that religion could instill virtue and help to unify a diverse nation. They created a spiritual public vocabulary, one that could communicate to all --- including agnostics and atheists -- that they were valued members of the political community. Through their writings and their decisions, the framers affirmed that respect for religious differences is a fundamental American value, Meyerson concludes. Now it is for us to determine whether religion will be used to alienate and divide or to inspire and unify our religiously diverse nation."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 368 pages
- Contents
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- The great seal
- Before the beginning
- A tolerant, Protestant nation
- The second American revolution
- "We have become a nation" : drafting the Constitution
- Adding the First Amendment
- Freedom of religion in the new nation
- Original wisdom
- Isbn
- 9780300166323
- Label
- Endowed by our creator : the birth of religious freedom in America
- Title
- Endowed by our creator
- Title remainder
- the birth of religious freedom in America
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael I. Meyerson
- Title variation
- Birth of religious freedom in America
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Focuses on the actual writings and actions of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and others. Legal scholar Michael I. Meyerson investigates how the framers of the Constitution envisioned religious freedom and how they intended it to operate in the new republic. Endowed by Our Creator shows that the framers understood that the American government should not acknowledge religion in a way that favors any particular creed or denomination. Nevertheless, the framers believed that religion could instill virtue and help to unify a diverse nation. They created a spiritual public vocabulary, one that could communicate to all --- including agnostics and atheists -- that they were valued members of the political community. Through their writings and their decisions, the framers affirmed that respect for religious differences is a fundamental American value, Meyerson concludes. Now it is for us to determine whether religion will be used to alienate and divide or to inspire and unify our religiously diverse nation."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Meyerson, Michael
- Dewey number
- 342.7308/52
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- KF4783
- LC item number
- .M49 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States.
- United States.
- Freedom of religion
- Freedom of religion
- United States
- Freedom of religion
- Label
- Endowed by our creator : the birth of religious freedom in America, Michael I. Meyerson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-358) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The great seal -- Before the beginning -- A tolerant, Protestant nation -- The second American revolution -- "We have become a nation" : drafting the Constitution -- Adding the First Amendment -- Freedom of religion in the new nation -- Original wisdom
- Control code
- ocn759174414
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- x, 368 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300166323
- Lccn
- 2011044463
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780300166323
- (OCoLC)759174414
- Label
- Endowed by our creator : the birth of religious freedom in America, Michael I. Meyerson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-358) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The great seal -- Before the beginning -- A tolerant, Protestant nation -- The second American revolution -- "We have become a nation" : drafting the Constitution -- Adding the First Amendment -- Freedom of religion in the new nation -- Original wisdom
- Control code
- ocn759174414
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- x, 368 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300166323
- Lccn
- 2011044463
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780300166323
- (OCoLC)759174414
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