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Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State (Critical America)
Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State - Critical America
Author: Daniel L. Dreisbach
"[A] vigorous critique of separationist dogmas" — —Christianity Today "Now we know when secularists refer to Jefferson's "wall," they're speaking from ignorance. In short, they are advocating Black's wall — —a wall of imprisonment and censorship, not Jefferson's, which was a wall of protection." — —Citizen "Thomas...  more » offers an in-depth examination of the origins, controversial uses, and competing interpretations of this powerful metaphor in law and public policy"

—American Vision "Daniel L. Driesbach's Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and Stateprovides important historical analysis."

—World "Daniel Dreisbach, a professor at American University, has now written a valuable history of the "wall of separation" metaphor...[a] superb book."

—Claremont Review of Books "[This] book clearly explains that the purpose of the First Amendment's "establishment" clause was to leave teh indeividual states free to decide for themselves how to integrate religion with government."

—Chronicles No phrase in American letters has had a more profound influence on church-state law, policy, and discourse than Thomas Jefferson's "wall of separation between church and state," and few metaphors have provoked more passionate debate. Introduced in an 1802 letter to the Danbury, Connecticut Baptist Association, Jefferson's "wall" is accepted by many Americans as a concise description of the U.S. Constitution's church-state arrangement and conceived as a virtual rule of constitutional law. Despite the enormous influence of the "wall" metaphor, almost no scholarship has investigated the text of the Danbury letter, the context in which it was written, or Jefferson's understanding of his famous phrase. Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State offers an in-depth examination of the origins, controversial uses, and competing interpretations of this powerful metaphor in law and public policy.
ISBN-13: 9780814719367
ISBN-10: 0814719368
Publication Date: 10/1/2003
Pages: 304
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Publisher: New York University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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