{"product_id":"the-sacred-rights-of-conscience-selected-readings-on-religious-liberty-and-church-state-relations-in-the-american-founding","title":"The Sacred Rights of Conscience: Selected Readings on Religious Liberty and Church-State Relations in the American Founding by Daniel L Dreisbach \u0026 Mark David Hall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sacred Rights of Conscience\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e contains original documents from both public and private papers, such as constitutions, statutes, legislative resolutions, speeches, sermons, newspapers, letters, and diaries. These documents provide a vivid reminder that religion was a dynamic factor in shaping American social, legal, and political culture and that there has been a struggle since the inception of the Republic to define the prudential and constitutional role of religion in public culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations xix\u003cbr\u003eintroduction: The Pursuit of Religious Liberty in America xxi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003epart i\u003cbr\u003eAntecedents of the Principles Governing Religious Liberty and\u003cbr\u003eChurch-State Relations in America\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003echapter one\u003cbr\u003eBiblical and European Heritages 3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eking james version of the holy\u003cbr\u003escriptures 4\u003cbr\u003eGenesis 1:26 - 27; 3:1 - 24 4\u003cbr\u003eExodus 1:15 - 21; 18:13 - 27; 20:1 - 17 6\u003cbr\u003eLeviticus 25:10 7\u003cbr\u003eLeviticus 26:1 - 46 8\u003cbr\u003eDeuteronomy 13:1 - 5; 17:1 - 20 9\u003cbr\u003eI Samuel 8 11\u003cbr\u003eII Chronicles 7:14 12\u003cbr\u003eProverbs 14:34; 29:2 12\u003cbr\u003eIsaiah 49:22 - 23; 60:12 12\u003cbr\u003eMatthew 5:38 - 48; 22:15 - 22 12\u003cbr\u003eLuke 22:38 13\u003cbr\u003eJohn 18:36 13\u003cbr\u003eActs 5:27 - 29 13\u003cbr\u003eRomans 13:1 - 8 14\u003cbr\u003eII Corinthians 6:14 - 18 14\u003cbr\u003eI Peter 2:9 - 3:6 14\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eeuropean influences 15\u003cbr\u003eSt. Augustine, City of God, 410 - 26 16\u003cbr\u003eSt. Augustine, On the Correction of the\u003cbr\u003eDonatists, c. 417 16\u003cbr\u003eSt. Thomas Aquinas, On the Government of\u003cbr\u003ePrinces, 1267 17\u003cbr\u003eMartin Luther, Temporal Authority: To\u003cbr\u003eWhat Extent It Should Be Obeyed,\u003cbr\u003e1523 19\u003cbr\u003eThe Schleitheim Confession of Faith, 1527 21\u003cbr\u003eJohn Calvin, Institutes of the Christian S\u003cbr\u003eReligion, 1559 24\u003cbr\u003eAct of Supremacy, 1534 27\u003cbr\u003eAct of Uniformity, 1559 27\u003cbr\u003eThirty-nine Articles of the Church of\u003cbr\u003eEngland, 1562, and 1801 American\u003cbr\u003eRevisions 27\u003cbr\u003eRichard Hooker, Of the Laws of\u003cbr\u003eEcclesiastical Polity, 1590s 30\u003cbr\u003eThe First London Baptist Confession of\u003cbr\u003eFaith, 1646 34\u003cbr\u003eWestminster Confession of Faith, 1646,\u003cbr\u003eand 1788 American Revisions 36\u003cbr\u003eThomas Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651 39\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Penn, The Great Case of Liberty\u003cbr\u003eof Conscience, 1670 42\u003cbr\u003eJohn Locke, A Letter on Toleration, 1689 47\u003cbr\u003eJohn Locke, The Second Treatise, 1690 47\u003cbr\u003eToleration Act, 1689 51\u003cbr\u003eJohn Trenchard and Thomas Gordon, Cato's\u003cbr\u003eLetters: Letter 66, 1721 55\u003cbr\u003eMontesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws, 1748 60\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Blackstone, Commentaries on the\u003cbr\u003eLaws of England, 1769 62\u003cbr\u003eAdam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 1776 76\u003cbr\u003eRecommendations for Further Reading 79\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003epart ii\u003cbr\u003eCreating the Principles Governing Religious Liberty and\u003cbr\u003eChurch-State Relations in Colonial America\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003echapter two\u003cbr\u003eFundamental Laws, Declarations of Rights, and Public Acts on Ecclesiastical Establishments and Religious Liberty\u003cbr\u003ein Colonial America 83\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArticles, Laws, and Orders, Virginia,\u003cbr\u003e1610 - 11 84\u003cbr\u003eThe Mayflower Compact, 1620 86\u003cbr\u003eProvidence Agreement, 1637 88\u003cbr\u003eFundamental Orders of Connecticut,\u003cbr\u003e1638 - 39 88\u003cbr\u003eThe Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts,\u003cbr\u003e1647 89\u003cbr\u003eSelected Laws of Rhode Island, 1647 103\u003cbr\u003eAn Act Concerning Religion, Maryland,\u003cbr\u003e1649 103\u003cbr\u003eProvisional Regulations for the Colonists\u003cbr\u003eof New Netherland, 1624 107\u003cbr\u003eDutch West India Company Instructions,\u003cbr\u003e1656 107\u003cbr\u003eFlushing Remonstrance, 1657 107\u003cbr\u003eDutch West India Company Instructions,\u003cbr\u003e1663 107\u003cbr\u003eMassachusetts General Court, An Act Made at a General Court, Held at Boston, the\u003cbr\u003e20th of October, 1658 110\u003cbr\u003eMassachusetts General Court, A Declaration of the General Court of the Massachusetts Holden at Boston in\u003cbr\u003eNew-England, October 18, 1659. Concerning the Execution of Two\u003cbr\u003eQuakers 110\u003cbr\u003eAn Act for the Suppressing the Quakers,\u003cbr\u003eVirginia, 1659 113\u003cbr\u003eCharter of Rhode Island and Providence\u003cbr\u003ePlantations, 1663 114\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Penn, Frame of Government of\u003cbr\u003ePennsylvania, 1682 116\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Penn, Laws Agreed Upon in\u003cbr\u003eEngland, \u0026amp;c., 1682 116\u003cbr\u003eThe Fundamental Constitutions of\u003cbr\u003eCarolina, 1669 119 S\u003cbr\u003eRecommendations for Further Reading 121\u003cbr\u003echapter three\u003cbr\u003eLetters, Tracts, and Sermons on Religious\u003cbr\u003eRoger Williams, Letter to the Town of\u003cbr\u003eProvidence, 1654 146\u003cbr\u003eNathaniel Ward, The Simple Cobbler of\u003cbr\u003eAggawam in America, 1646 155\u003cbr\u003eLiberty and Duty in Colonial America 122\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Winthrop, A Modell of Christian\u003cbr\u003eCharitie, 1630 123\u003cbr\u003eJohn Winthrop, Little Speech on Liberty,\u003cbr\u003e1645 123\u003cbr\u003eJohn Cotton, A Discourse about Civil\u003cbr\u003eGovernment, 1637 - 39 133\u003cbr\u003eRoger Williams, Mr. Cottons Letter Lately\u003cbr\u003ePrinted, Examined and Answered, 1644 146\u003cbr\u003eRoger Williams, The Bloudy Tenent, of\u003cbr\u003ePersecution, for Cause of Conscience,\u003cbr\u003e1644 146\u003cbr\u003eThe Cambridge Platform, 1648 165\u003cbr\u003eElisha Williams, The Essential Rights and\u003cbr\u003eLiberties of Protestants, 1744 173\u003cbr\u003eCharles Chauncy, Civil Magistrates Must\u003cbr\u003eBe Just, Ruling in the Fear of God, 1747 179\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Davies, State of Religion among the\u003cbr\u003eProtestant Dissenters in Virginia, 1751 195\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Adams, The Rights of the\u003cbr\u003eColonists, a List of Violations of Rights\u003cbr\u003eand a Letter of Correspondence, 1772 202\u003cbr\u003eIsaac Backus, An Appeal to the Public for\u003cbr\u003eReligious Liberty, 1773 204\u003cbr\u003eRecommendations for Further Reading 212\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003epart iii\u003cbr\u003eFraming the Constitutional Principles Governing Religious Liberty and\u003cbr\u003eChurch-State Relations in the American Founding\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003echapter four\u003cbr\u003eThe Continental and Confederation\u003cbr\u003eCongresses and Church-State Relations 215\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Adams, Letter to Abigail Adams,\u003cbr\u003eSeptember 16, 1774 216\u003cbr\u003eCongressional Resolution Calling for a\u003cbr\u003eDay of Public Humiliation, Fasting,\u003cbr\u003eand Prayer, June 1775 217\u003cbr\u003eRules and Orders for the Continental\u003cbr\u003eArmy, June 1775 218\u003cbr\u003eCongressional Chaplains, 1775 - 88 218\u003cbr\u003eThe Declaration of Independence,\u003cbr\u003eJuly 4, 1776 220\u003cbr\u003eCongressional Resolution Calling for a\u003cbr\u003eDay of Thanksgiving, November 1, 1777 222\u003cbr\u003eThe Articles of Confederation and\u003cbr\u003ePerpetual Union, November 1777 224\u003cbr\u003eCongressional Resolution Recommending the Promotion of Morals, October\u003cbr\u003e1778 225\u003cbr\u003eCongressional Resolution Calling for a\u003cbr\u003eDay of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer,\u003cbr\u003eMarch 20, 1779 226\u003cbr\u003eCongressional Resolution Calling for a\u003cbr\u003eDay of Thanksgiving and Prayer,\u003cbr\u003eOctober 1780 228\u003cbr\u003eTexts Concerning the National Seal,\u003cbr\u003eAugust 1776 and June 1782 229\u003cbr\u003eAitken's Bible, January 21, 1781, and\u003cbr\u003eSeptember 12, 1782 230\u003cbr\u003eCongressional Resolution Calling for a\u003cbr\u003eDay of Thanksgiving, October 18,\u003cbr\u003e1783 233\u003cbr\u003eAn Ordinance for the Government of the S\u003cbr\u003eTerritory of the United States, NorthWest of the River Ohio [Northwest\u003cbr\u003eOrdinance], July 1787 236\u003cbr\u003eRecommendations for Further Reading 238\u003cbr\u003echapter five\u003cbr\u003eState Constitutions, Laws, and Papers on\u003cbr\u003eChurch and State in Revolutionary\u003cbr\u003eAmerica 239\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVirginia Declaration of Rights, 1776 241\u003cbr\u003ePennsylvania Constitutions, 1776 and 1790 241\u003cbr\u003eSouth Carolina Constitution, 1778 243\u003cbr\u003eMassachusetts Constitution, 1780 245\u003cbr\u003eA Bill Concerning Religion, Virginia, 1779 247\u003cbr\u003eA Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, Virginia, 1779 and 1786 250\u003cbr\u003eA Bill for Punishing Disturbers of\u003cbr\u003eReligious Worship and Sabbath\u003cbr\u003eBreakers, Virginia, 1786 251\u003cbr\u003eA Bill for Appointing Days of Public\u003cbr\u003eFasting and Thanksgiving, Virginia, 1779 252\u003cbr\u003eA Bill Establishing a Provision for Teachers\u003cbr\u003eof the Christian Religion, Virginia, 1784 252\u003cbr\u003eResolutions and Address by the Maryland\u003cbr\u003eHouse of Delegates, January 8, 1785 253\u003cbr\u003eB. F. Morris, State Constitutional Provisions and Proclamations Related to Religion 257\u003cbr\u003eRecommendations for Further Reading 265\u003cbr\u003echapter six\u003cbr\u003ePetitions, Essays, and Sermons on Church\u003cbr\u003eand State in Revolutionary America 266\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePetition of the German Congregation of\u003cbr\u003eCulpeper, Virginia, October 1776 267\u003cbr\u003ePetition of Sundry Inhabitants of Prince\u003cbr\u003eEdward County, Virginia, October 11,\u003cbr\u003e1776 268\u003cbr\u003eMemorial of the Presbytery of Hanover,\u003cbr\u003eVirginia, October 24, 1776 269\u003cbr\u003eMemorial from Clergy of the Established\u003cbr\u003eChurch, Virginia, November 8, 1776 270\u003cbr\u003eMemorial of the Presbytery of Hanover,\u003cbr\u003eVirginia, June 3, 1777 272\u003cbr\u003eWorcestriensis, Number IV, September 4,\u003cbr\u003e1776 273\u003cbr\u003eIsaac Backus, A Declaration of the Rights, of the Inhabitants of the State of Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England,\u003cbr\u003e1779 276\u003cbr\u003eJohn Witherspoon, Sermon Delivered at a\u003cbr\u003ePublic Thanksgiving after Peace, 1782 278\u003cbr\u003eThomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of\u003cbr\u003eVirginia, Query XVII and Query XVIII,\u003cbr\u003e1782, 1787 290\u003cbr\u003ePetition for Equality by the Philadelphia Synagogue to Council of Censors of Pennsylvania, 1783 294\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Washington, Circular to the States,\u003cbr\u003e1783 296\u003cbr\u003eMemorial of the Presbytery of Hanover,\u003cbr\u003eVirginia, May 26, 1784 298\u003cbr\u003eMemorial of the Presbytery of Hanover,\u003cbr\u003eVirginia, November 12, 1784 301\u003cbr\u003eMemorial of the Presbytery of Hanover,\u003cbr\u003eVirginia, November 2, 1785 304\u003cbr\u003ePetition in Favor of Religious Assessments from Westmoreland County, Virginia, November 2, 1784 307\u003cbr\u003ePetition Against Religious Assessments from Westmoreland County, Virginia, November 2, 1784 307\u003cbr\u003eJames Madison, A Memorial and\u003cbr\u003eRemonstrance Against Religious\u003cbr\u003eAssessments, 1785 309\u003cbr\u003ePublius [James Madison], The Federalist\u003cbr\u003ePapers, Number 10, 1787 314\u003cbr\u003ePublius [James Madison], The Federalist\u003cbr\u003ePapers, Number 51, 1788 314\u003cbr\u003eThomas Reese, An Essay on the Influence of\u003cbr\u003eReligion in Civil Society, 1788 316\u003cbr\u003eJohn Leland, The Rights of Conscience\u003cbr\u003eInalienable, 1791 335\u003cbr\u003eRecommendations for Further Reading 345\u003cbr\u003echapter seven\u003cbr\u003eReferences to God and the Christian\u003cbr\u003eReligion in the U.S. Constitution 346\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Franklin, Call for Prayer in the\u003cbr\u003eConstitutional Convention, June 28,\u003cbr\u003e1787 348\u003cbr\u003eU.S. Constitution, 1788 349\u003cbr\u003ePublius [James Madison], The Federalist\u003cbr\u003ePapers, Number 37, 1788 350\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Williams, Letter to the\u003cbr\u003eLandholder, February 11, 1788 351\u003cbr\u003eEssay by Elihu, February 18, 1788 352\u003cbr\u003eBenjamin Rush, Letter to Elias\u003cbr\u003eBoudinot(?), July 9, 1788 353\u003cbr\u003eBenjamin Rush, Letter to John Adams,\u003cbr\u003eJune 15, 1789 355\u003cbr\u003eAddress of the Presbytery of the Eastward to George Washington, October 28,\u003cbr\u003e1789 355\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Washington, Letter to the\u003cbr\u003ePresbyterian Ministers of Massachusetts\u003cbr\u003eand New Hampshire, November 2, 1789 357\u003cbr\u003eTimothy Dwight, Jr., A Discourse, in Two\u003cbr\u003eParts, 1812 358\u003cbr\u003eTimothy Dwight, Jr., President Dwight's Decisions of Questions Discussed by the Senior Class in Yale College, in 1813 and\u003cbr\u003e1814, 1833 359\u003cbr\u003eAlexander M'Leod, A Scriptural View of the\u003cbr\u003eCharacter, Causes, and Ends of the\u003cbr\u003ePresent War, 1815 359\u003cbr\u003eJames R. Willson, Prince Messiah's Claims to Dominion over All Governments: and the Disregard of His Authority by the\u003cbr\u003eUnited States, in the Federal\u003cbr\u003eConstitution, 1832 360\u003cbr\u003eJames A. Bayard, Jr., A Brief Exposition of the Constitution of the United States,\u003cbr\u003e1833 364\u003cbr\u003eRecommendations for Further Reading 365\u003cbr\u003echapter eight\u003cbr\u003eThe Religious Test Ban of the U.S.\u003cbr\u003eConstitution 366\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Franklin, Letter to Richard Price, October 9, 1780 368\u003cbr\u003eNoah Webster, On Test Laws, Oaths of Allegiance and Abjuration, and Partial Exclusions from Office, March\u003cbr\u003e1787 368\u003cbr\u003eRecords of the Constitutional Convention\u003cbr\u003eof 1787 370\u003cbr\u003eU.S. Constitution, Article VI, Clause 3,\u003cbr\u003e1788 373\u003cbr\u003eJonas Phillips, Letter to the President and\u003cbr\u003eMembers of the Constitutional\u003cbr\u003eConvention, September 7, 1787 374\u003cbr\u003eJames Madison, Letter to Edmund\u003cbr\u003ePendleton, October 28, 1787 375\u003cbr\u003eAn American Citizen [Tench Coxe],\u003cbr\u003eAn Examination of the Constitution\u003cbr\u003efor the United States of America, 1788 375\u003cbr\u003eA Landholder [Oliver Ellsworth], No. 7,\u003cbr\u003eDecember 17, 1787 376\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Williams, Letter to the\u003cbr\u003eLandholder, February 11, 1788 379\u003cbr\u003ePublius [James Madison], The Federalist\u003cbr\u003ePapers, Number 52, 1788 380\u003cbr\u003ePublius [James Madison], The Federalist\u003cbr\u003ePapers, Number 57, 1788 381\u003cbr\u003eJames Madison, Letter to Edmund\u003cbr\u003eRandolph, April 10, 1788 381\u003cbr\u003eLuther Martin, The Genuine Information,\u003cbr\u003e1788 382\u003cbr\u003eEssay by Samuel, Boston, January 10, S\u003cbr\u003e1788 382\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Friend to the Rights of the People, New\u003cbr\u003eHampshire, February 8, 1788 383\u003cbr\u003eLetter by David, March 7, 1788 383\u003cbr\u003eAristocrotis, The Government of Nature\u003cbr\u003eDelineated; or An Exact Picture of the\u003cbr\u003eNew Federal Constitution, 1788 385\u003cbr\u003eDebate in Connecticut Ratifying\u003cbr\u003eConvention, January 9, 1788 388\u003cbr\u003eDebate in Massachusetts Ratifying\u003cbr\u003eConvention, January 19, 23, 30, and\u003cbr\u003eFebruary 4, 1788 388\u003cbr\u003eDebate in Virginia Ratifying Convention,\u003cbr\u003eJune 6, 10, and 12, 1788 391\u003cbr\u003eDebate in North Carolina Ratifying\u003cbr\u003eConvention, July 30, 1788 394\u003cbr\u003eProposed Amendment, South Carolina\u003cbr\u003eRatifying Convention, May 23, 1788 400\u003cbr\u003eJoseph Story, Commentaries on the\u003cbr\u003eConstitution of the United States,\u003cbr\u003e1833 400\u003cbr\u003eRecommendations for Further Reading 404\u003cbr\u003echapter nine\u003cbr\u003eThe First Amendment to the U.S.\u003cbr\u003eConstitution 405\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Mason, Objections to This\u003cbr\u003eConstitution of Government,\u003cbr\u003ec. September 16, 1787 407\u003cbr\u003eRichard Henry Lee, Proposed Amendments, October 1, 1787 407\u003cbr\u003eJohn Leland, Objections to the\u003cbr\u003eConstitution, February 28, 1788 408\u003cbr\u003eJohn Francis Mercer, A Farmer, No. 1,\u003cbr\u003eFebruary 15, 1788 409\u003cbr\u003eJohn Francis Mercer, A Farmer, No. 7,\u003cbr\u003eApril 11, 1788 410\u003cbr\u003eThomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison, December 20, 1787 412\u003cbr\u003eJames Madison, Letter to Thomas Jefferson, October 17, 1788 413\u003cbr\u003eSelected Amendments Proposed by the\u003cbr\u003eState Ratifying Conventions 415\u003cbr\u003eJames Madison, Speech in the First\u003cbr\u003eCongress Introducing Amendments to\u003cbr\u003ethe U.S. Constitution, June 8, 1789 418\u003cbr\u003eDebates in the First Congress on the\u003cbr\u003eReligion Clauses, 1789 426\u003cbr\u003eU.S. Constitution, Amendment I, 1791 433\u003cbr\u003eJoseph Story, Commentaries on the\u003cbr\u003eConstitution of the United States,\u003cbr\u003e1833 433\u003cbr\u003eRecommendations for Further Reading 438\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003epart iv\u003cbr\u003eDefining and Testing the Constitutional Principles Governing Religious\u003cbr\u003eLiberty and Church-State Relations in the New Nation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003echapter ten\u003cbr\u003eReligion and the Public Policy and Culture\u003cbr\u003eof the New Nation 441\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eoaths of office, 1788 - 91 442\u003cbr\u003eU.S. Constitution, 1788 442\u003cbr\u003eAn Act to Regulate the Time and Manner of Administering Certain Oaths, June 1,\u003cbr\u003e1789 442\u003cbr\u003eB. F. Morris, Christian Life and Character\u003cbr\u003eof the Civil Institutions of the United States, 1864 443\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eU.S. Constitution, Fourth Amendment,\u003cbr\u003e1791 445\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ereligion and the presidency 446\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Washington, inaugural address,\u003cbr\u003eApril 30, 1789 446\u003cbr\u003eJohn Adams, inaugural address, March 4,\u003cbr\u003e1797 448\u003cbr\u003eThomas Jefferson, inaugural address,\u003cbr\u003eMarch 4, 1801 449\u003cbr\u003eJames Madison, inaugural addresses,\u003cbr\u003eMarch 4, 1809, and March 4, 1813 452\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Washington, presidential proclamations, October 3, 1789, and\u003cbr\u003eJanuary 1, 1795 453\u003cbr\u003eJohn Adams, presidential proclamations,\u003cbr\u003eMarch 23, 1798, and March 6, 1799 455\u003cbr\u003eJames Madison, presidential proclamations, July 9, 1812, July 23, 1813, November 16,\u003cbr\u003e1814, and March 4, 1815 458\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Washington, Letter to the United\u003cbr\u003eBaptist Churches of Virginia, May 10,\u003cbr\u003e1789 461\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Washington, Letter to the Hebrew\u003cbr\u003eCongregation in Newport, Rhode\u003cbr\u003eIsland, August 18, 1790 464\u003cbr\u003eAlexander Hamilton, Draft of Washington's\u003cbr\u003eFarewell Address, July 1796 465\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Washington, Farewell Address, 1796 468\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Washington, Letter to the\u003cbr\u003ePhiladelphia Clergy, March 3, 1797 470\u003cbr\u003eJohn Adams, Letter to the Officers of the\u003cbr\u003eFirst Brigade of the Third Division of\u003cbr\u003ethe Militia of Massachusetts, October 11,\u003cbr\u003e1798 471\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003econgressional chaplains and actions\u003cbr\u003eof congress 471\u003cbr\u003eCongressional Chaplains, 1789 472\u003cbr\u003eAn Act to Provide for the Government of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio [Northwest Ordinance],\u003cbr\u003eAugust 7, 1789 473\u003cbr\u003eAn Act for the Punishment of Certain\u003cbr\u003eCrimes against the United States,\u003cbr\u003eApril 30, 1790 473\u003cbr\u003eMilitary Chaplains and Regulations, 1791,\u003cbr\u003e1806 473\u003cbr\u003eAn Act Regulating the Grants of Land Appropriated for Military Services, and for the Society of the United Brethren, for\u003cbr\u003ePropagating the Gospel among the\u003cbr\u003eHeathen, June 1, 1796 475\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003etreaties 475\u003cbr\u003eTreaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States of America and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli, of Barbary,\u003cbr\u003e1797 475\u003cbr\u003eTreaty with Kaskaskia Indians, 1803 476\u003cbr\u003eRecommendations for Further Reading 477\u003cbr\u003echapter eleven\u003cbr\u003eReligion and Politics in the Election of\u003cbr\u003e1800 478\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003epamphlets 480 [William Linn], Serious Considerations on\u003cbr\u003ethe Election of a President: Addressed to the Citizens of the United States, New\u003cbr\u003eYork, 1800 480\u003cbr\u003eGrotius [DeWitt Clinton], A Vindication of Thomas Jefferson; against the Charges Contained in a Pamphlet Entitled,\u003cbr\u003e\"Serious Considerations,\" \u0026amp;c.,\u003cbr\u003eNew York, 1800 493\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eprivate correspondence 513\u003cbr\u003eThomas Jefferson, Letter to Benjamin Rush, September 23, 1800 513\u003cbr\u003eThomas Jefferson, Letter to Dr. Joseph\u003cbr\u003ePriestley, March 21, 1801 514\u003cbr\u003eThomas Jefferson, Letter to Moses Robinson, March 23, 1801 516\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbigail Adams, Letter to Thomas Jefferson,\u003cbr\u003eJuly 1, 1804 516\u003cbr\u003eJohn Adams, Letter to Benjamin Rush,\u003cbr\u003eJune 12, 1812 518\u003cbr\u003eRecommendations for Further Reading 519\u003cbr\u003echapter twelve\u003cbr\u003eThomas Jefferson and the \"Wall of\u003cbr\u003eSeparation\" 520\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eroots of the metaphor 522\u003cbr\u003eRichard Hooker, Of the Laws of\u003cbr\u003eEcclesiastical Polity, 1590s 522\u003cbr\u003eRoger Williams, Mr. Cottons Letter Lately\u003cbr\u003ePrinted, Examined and Answered,\u003cbr\u003e1644 523 [James Burgh], Crito, or Essays on Various\u003cbr\u003eSubjects, 1767 524\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ejefferson and the \"wall of\u003cbr\u003eseparation\" metaphor 525\u003cbr\u003eDanbury Baptist Association, Letter to\u003cbr\u003eThomas Jefferson, October 7, 1801 526\u003cbr\u003eThomas Jefferson, Letter to Attorney\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Levi Lincoln, January 1,\u003cbr\u003e1802 527\u003cbr\u003eLevi Lincoln, Letter to Thomas Jefferson,\u003cbr\u003eJanuary 1, 1802 527\u003cbr\u003eGideon Granger, Letter to Thomas\u003cbr\u003eJefferson, December 1801 528\u003cbr\u003eThomas Jefferson, Letter to Messrs.\u003cbr\u003eNehemiah Dodge, Ephraim Robbins,\u003cbr\u003eand Stephen S. Nelson, January 1, 1802 528\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eunderstanding jefferson's\u003cbr\u003emetaphor 530\u003cbr\u003eThomas Jefferson, Second Inaugural\u003cbr\u003eAddress, March 4, 1805 530\u003cbr\u003eThomas Jefferson, Letter to the Reverend\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Miller, January 23, 1808 531\u003cbr\u003ethe metaphor and american law 532\u003cbr\u003eReynolds v. United States, 1879 532\u003cbr\u003eEverson v. Board of Education, 1947 533\u003cbr\u003eWallace v. Jaffree, 1985 534\u003cbr\u003eRecommendations for Further Reading 536\u003cbr\u003echapter thirteen\u003cbr\u003eChristianity, the Common Law, and the\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Order 537\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eessays and letters 539\u003cbr\u003eThomas Jefferson, Whether Christianity Is\u003cbr\u003ePart of the Common Law? [1764?] 539\u003cbr\u003eThomas Jefferson, Letter to Dr. Thomas\u003cbr\u003eCooper, February 10, 1814 543\u003cbr\u003eThomas Jefferson, Letter to Major John\u003cbr\u003eCartwright, June 5, 1824 547 [Joseph Story], Christianity a Part of the\u003cbr\u003eCommon Law, 1833 551\u003cbr\u003eIs Christianity a Part of the Common-Law\u003cbr\u003eof England? 1836 552\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ejudicial opinions 559\u003cbr\u003ePeople v. Ruggles, 1811 559\u003cbr\u003eUpdegraph v. Commonwealth, 1824 561\u003cbr\u003eState v. Chandler, 1837 570\u003cbr\u003eRecommendations for Further Reading 587\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003echapter fourteen\u003cbr\u003eReflections on the American\u003cbr\u003eChurch-State Experiment 588\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames Madison, Detached Memoranda,\u003cbr\u003ec. 1817 589\u003cbr\u003eJames Madison, Letter to Robert Walsh,\u003cbr\u003eMarch 2, 1819 594\u003cbr\u003eJames Madison, Letter to Jacob de la Motta,\u003cbr\u003eAugust 1820 595\u003cbr\u003eThomas Jefferson, Letter to Jacob de la\u003cbr\u003eMotta, September 1, 1820 596\u003cbr\u003eJames Madison, Letter to Edward\u003cbr\u003eLivingston, July 10, 1822 596\u003cbr\u003eJasper Adams, The Relation of Christianity to Civil Government in the United\u003cbr\u003eStates, 1833 597\u003cbr\u003eJohn Marshall, Letter to Jasper Adams,\u003cbr\u003eMay 9, 1833 611\u003cbr\u003eJoseph Story, Letter to Jasper Adams,\u003cbr\u003eMay 14, 1833 611\u003cbr\u003eJames Madison, Letter to Jasper Adams,\u003cbr\u003eSeptember 1833 612\u003cbr\u003eAlexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in\u003cbr\u003eAmerica, 1835 614\u003cbr\u003eRecommendations for Further Reading 621\u003cbr\u003eappendixes\u003cbr\u003eHistorical Chronology, 1607 - 1833 625\u003cbr\u003eSummary of Deliberations in the First\u003cbr\u003eFederal Congress on the First\u003cbr\u003eAmendment Religion Provisions, 1789 637\u003cbr\u003eSelected Bibliography 641\u003cbr\u003eIndex 651\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sacred Rights of Conscience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was a winner in the Scholarly\/Reference category at the Chicago Book Clinic's 2010 Book \u0026amp; Media Show.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel L. 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