The First Amendment's religion clauses: the Calvinist document that interprets them both

This paper suggests that the Westminster Confession of Faith's provisions about church and state, revised in Philadelphia at the start of the Constitution's ratifying convention, furnished much of the syntax and vocabulary for the First Amendment's religion clauses. Recognizing the cu...

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Main Author: Farish, Leah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Creighton University 2010
In: The journal of religion & society
Year: 2010, Volume: 12
Further subjects:B Theology
B Madison
B Reformed
B United States. Constitution. 1st-10th Amendments
B James
B Ames
B 1751-1836
B Law; United States
B law and religion
B Religious thought; 1700-1799
B Westminster Confession
B Fisher
B 1758-1808
B Church and state; United States
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