Law and Religion in Colonial America - The Dissenting Colonies

Informationen zum Autor Scott Douglas Gerber is Professor of Law at Ohio Northern University, and Associated Scholar at Brown University's Political Theory Project. He is the author of seven previous books and the editor of two others. In 2022, he won the inaugural Christopher Collier Prize from the Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society. Klappentext "Scott Douglas Gerber reveals that America has been devoted to the free exercise of religion since well before the First Amendment was ratified. An important contribution to the history of colonial America and religious liberty, this work will interest scholars of history, political science, and the law of religious freedom"-- Zusammenfassung Scott Douglas Gerber reveals that America has been devoted to the free exercise of religion since well before the First Amendment was ratified. An important contribution to the history of colonial America and religious liberty, this work will interest scholars of history, political science, and the law of religious freedom. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: English Law about Religious Toleration Prior to the Planting of Colonial America; 1. Law and Catholicism in Colonial Maryland; 2. Law and the Lively Experiment in Colonial Rhode Island; 3. Law and the Holy Experiment in Colonial Pennsylvania; 4. Law and Congregationalism in Colonial Connecticut; 5. Law and a City Upon a Hill in Colonial Massachusetts; Conclusion: Law, Religion, and Historiography in Colonial America.

Product details

• Authors: Scott Douglas Gerber, Scott Douglas (Ohio Northern University) Gerber, Gerber Scott Douglas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9781009289054
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0928905-4
• No. of pages: 374
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, LAW / Legal History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Human rights & civil liberties law, LAW / Constitutional, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Colonialism & imperialism, Legal History, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Colonialism and imperialism, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, Religious law and concordats