by: J. William Frost
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Dewey Decimal Number: 323.44209748
EAN: 9780271010915
ISBN: 0271010916
Label: Pennsylvania State University Press
Manufacturer: Pennsylvania State University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 221
Publication Date: 1993-10
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Sales Rank: 2470179
Studio: Pennsylvania State University Press
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'William Penn incorporated his concept of religious liberty into the new common-wealth, but succeeding generations of Pennsylvanians have modified his beliefs and practices. [Frost] has written a comprehensive, scholarly volume tracing the changes from the time of Penn to the Civil War period, with an epilogue that describes the creation of a new approach to religious liberty by the federal courts in the years since World War II.'--Edwin B. Bronner, Journal of American History
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- Pennsylvania: the model of religious liberty for the U.S.Frost believes that Pennsylvania functioned as the primary model for religious freedom in other colonies and states and for the nation as a whole. This is the first full study of Pennsylvania's pioneering beliefs about religious liberty. Frost traces five topics from 1680 to 1860: church autonomy, institutional separation of church and state, individual freedom of conscience, state support of religiously fostered civic morality, and natural law as the basis for government policies. Government ... Read More
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