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The founding fathers and the place of religion in America /

How did the United States, founded as colonies with explicitly religious aspirations, come to be the first modern state whose commitment to the separation of church and state was reflected in its constitution? Frank Lambert explains why this happened, offering in the process a synthesis of American...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lambert, Frank, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Church and state > United States > History > 18th century.
Freedom of religion > United States > History > 18th century.
United States > Religion > To 1800.

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