Sacred Rights of Conscience, The: Selected Readings on Religious Liberty and Church-State Relations in the American Founding

The Sacred Rights of Conscience provides students and scholars a rich collection of primary sources that illuminate the discussions and debates about religious liberty in the American founding era. This compilation of primary documents provides a thorough and balanced examination of the evolving relationship between public religion and American culture, from pre-colonial biblical and European sources to the early nineteenth century, to allow the reader to explore the social and political forces that defined the concept of religious liberty and shaped American church-state relations.Sandoz is the author of 'Sacred Rights of Conscience, The: Selected Readings on Religious Liberty and Church-State Relations in the American Founding', published 2010 under ISBN 9780865977150 and ISBN 0865977151.