Sacred liberty America's long, bloody, and ongoing struggle for religious freedom
"Sacred Liberty offers a dramatic, sweeping survey of how America built a unique model of religious freedom, perhaps the nation's "greatest invention." Steven Waldman, the bestselling author of Founding Faith, shows how early ideas about religious liberty were tested and refined...
| Main Author: | Waldman, Steven (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
HarperOne,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Failed experiments
- Madison's model
- The startup boom
- The Romish threat
- The religious freedom of slaves
- The divine plan
- The Mormon challenge
- Kill the Indian, Christianize the man
- The KKK, Al Smith, and the fight for the public schools
- The Witnesses
- World War II and the Judeo-Christians
- Enter the Supreme Court
- "Alien blood"
- Political bedfellows
- The "war" on "Christianity"
- All-American Islam
- "An enemy inside our perimeter"
- Preserving religious freedom.