Law and religion in colonial America : the dissenting colonies / Scott Douglas Gerber.

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"Law--charters, statutes, judicial decisions, and traditions--mattered in colonial America, and laws about religion mattered a lot. The legal history of colonial America reveals that America has been devoted to the free exercise of religion since well before the First Amendment was ratified. Indeed,...

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Main Author: Gerber, Scott Douglas, 1961- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Subjects:
Religion and law > United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Church and state > United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Religion and law > Pennsylvania > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Church and state > Pennsylvania > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Religion and law > Massachusetts > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Church and state > Massachusetts > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Physical Description:xv, 346 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : English law about religious toleration prior to the planting of colonial America
  • Law and Catholicism in colonial Maryland
  • Law and the lively experiment in colonial Rhode Island
  • Law and the holy experiment in colonial Pennsylvania
  • Law and congregationalism in colonial Connecticut
  • Law and a city upon a hill in colonial Massachusetts
  • Conclusion : law, religion, and historiography in colonial America.