One nation under law : America's early national struggles to separate church and state / Mark Douglas McGarvie.

Author/creator McGarvie, Mark D., 1956-
Format Book
Publication InfoDeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Toleration versus freedom : colonial society and the state church -- Revolutions in churches and society -- "To form a more perfect union" : the constitutional consideration of religion -- God is as man makes him : ideology and religion in the early republic -- Revolutionary-era disestablishment : the case of New York state -- Southern republicanism and constitutional-era disestablishment: the case of South Carolina -- The Dartmouth College case : New Hampshire's disestablishment crisis makes law for the nation.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [193]-250) and index.
LCCN 2004004281
ISBN0875803334 (hardback : alk. paper)