| The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom Contributor(s): Peterson, Merrill D. (Editor), Vaughan, Robert C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521343291 ISBN-13: 9780521343299 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1988 Annotation: This book examines the famous Jefferson document that foreshadowed the Constitution's guarantee of religious liberty, the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. Jefferson wrote the Virginia Statute and shepherded it through a decade-long struggle for adoption. The statute reflects two key Revolutionary principles: absolute freedom of religious conscience and the separation of church and state. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Religion | History |
| Dewey: 342.755 |
| LCCN: 87013786 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Religion & American Public Life (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.41 lbs) 392 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |