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02998aam a2200397 i 4500 001 43A050D20CD411EEAAE9666853ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230617010022 008 210811t20212021nhu b 000 0 eng d 010 $a 2021289163 020 $a 9781586422714 020 $a 1586422715 035 $a (OCoLC)1160034920 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a BR516 $b .B323 2021 100 1 $a Balmer, Randall Herbert, $e author. 245 10 $a Solemn reverence : $b the separation of church and state in American life / $c Randall Balmer. 264 1 $a Lebanon, New Hampshire : $b Truth to Power, an imprint of Steerforth Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xviii, 90 pages ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Sunlight editions 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-87). 505 0 $a Transatlantic Visionaries -- The Flushing Remonstrance, William Livingston, and King's College -- Forging the First Amendment -- George Washington and divine providence -- John Adams and the Treaty of Tripoli -- James Madison and the Baptists -- Thomas Jefferson, the First Amendment, and the Mammoth Cheese -- Disestablishment in Connecticut -- Designating the United States as a "Christian Nation" -- School Wars and the Blaine Amendments -- Mormons and the "Divine Origins" of the Constitution -- The Johnson Amendment and the First Amendment -- John F. Kennedy and school prayer -- "Soul Liberty," Roy's Rock, and the need for more Baptists -- The battle cry of "religious freedom." 520 $a The First Amendment to the US Constitution codified the principle that the government should play no role in favoring or supporting any religion, while allowing free exercise of all religions (including unbelief). More than two centuries later, the results from this experiment are overwhelming: The separation of church and state has shielded the government from religious factionalism, and the United States boasts a diverse religious culture unmatched anywhere in the world. In Solemn Reverence, Randall Balmer, one of the premier historians of religion in America, reviews both the history of the separation of church and state as well as the various attempts to undermine that wall of separation. Despite the fact that the First Amendment and the separation of church and state has served the nation remarkably well, he argues, its future is by no means assured. 650 0 $a Church and state $z United States. 650 0 $a Freedom of religion $z United States. 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Church and state. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00860509 650 7 $a Freedom of religion. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00934030 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Sunlight editions. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021025235.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=43A050D20CD411EEAAE9666853ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search