God and the founders :

Muñoz, Vincent Phillip.

God and the founders : Madison, Washington, and Jefferson Vincent Phillip Muñoz. - Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2009. - x, 242 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

James Madison's principle of state noncognizance of religion -- George Washington on church and state : religion and the civic good -- Thomas Jefferson's natural rights philosophy and anticlerical politics of religious liberty -- Madison's, Washington's, and Jefferson's church-state doctrines -- Madison, Washington, Jefferson and the establishment clause -- Madison, Washington, Jefferson, and the free exercise clause -- The founders v. the Supreme Court -- The founders and church-state jurisprudence.

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Church and state--History--United States--18th century.
Christianity and politics--History--United States--18th century.
Founding Fathers of the United States--Views on religion.
Constitutional history--United States.


United States--Religion--To 1800.

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