Harris, James F. (James Franklin), 1941-
New Brunswick (U.S.A.) London (U.K.) : Transaction Publishers, c2013.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-202) and index.
- European influences — Colonial America — The founding and the founders — The early republic — The nineteenth century — The twentieth century to the present — The Supreme Court — The serpentine wall and universal history.
- The Serpentine Wall is chronologically structured. It begins with a history of ideas approach to the European backgrounds and colonial American experiments in theocracy and freedom of religion. It covers pre-modern American debates about religious freedom among the founding generation right up through the nineteenth century. The final section of the book focuses on the separation of church and state and how this has become a matter determined by the Supreme Court. –from publisher description
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