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A new constitutional world burst into American life in the mid-twentieth century. For the first time, the national constitution's religion clauses were extended by the United States Supreme Court to all state and local governments. As energized religio
Brief description: Sarah Barringer Gordon is Arlin M. Adams Professor of Law and Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania.
Review Quotes: A masterful study...insightful and provocative, well-written and entertaining. I know of no other book like it.--Mark Silk, author of One Nation, Divisible: How Regional Religious Differences Shape American Politics