In the battles over religion and politics in America, both liberals and conservatives often
appeal to history. Liberals claim that the Founders separated church and state. But for much …

Familiar accounts of religious freedom in the United States often tell a story of visionary
founders who broke from centuries-old patterns of Christendom to establish a political …

Is government forbidden to assist all religions equally, as the Supreme Court has held? Or
does the First Amendment merely ban exclusive aid to one religion, as critics of the Court …

Americans love religious freedom. Few agree, however, about what they mean by either
“religion” or “freedom.” Rather than resolve these debates, Finbarr Curtis argues that there is …

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 …

This book colourfully examines a famous Jeffersonian document which set the precedent for
the US Constitution's guarantee of religious liberty. Jefferson wrote the Virginia Statute …

This accessible introduction tells the American story of religious liberty from its colonial
beginnings to the latest Supreme Court cases. The authors provide extensive analysis of the …

Editor's note: Three years after writing the “Declaration of Independence,” Thomas Jefferson
drafted a bill “for establishing religious freedom” in the state of Virginia. After declaring its …