This book offers the first comprehensive examination of the role of religion in the proceedings, theories, ideas and goals of the Continental Congress. Those wh

How did the constitutional framers envision the role of religion in American public life? Did they think that the government had the right to advance or support

This title examines of the role of religion in the proceedings, theories, ideas and goals of the Continental Congress. Davis shows Congress's religious activiti

The Godless Constitution is a ringing rebuke to the religious right's attempts, fueled by misguided and inaccurate interpretations of American history, to disma

21 essays present a scholarly look at the intricacies and past and current debates that frame the American system of church and state, within 5 main areas: hist