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100	1		_aRagosta, John A.
245	1	0	_aReligious freedom : _bJefferson's legacy, America's creed / _cJohn Ragosta.
260			_aCharlottesville : _bUniversity of Virginia Press, _c2013.
300			_a293 pages ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aJeffersonian America
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 271-286) and index.
505	0	0	_tThomas Jefferson's religion and religious liberty -- _tVirginia's establishment and the revolutionary battle for religious liberty -- _tThe Virginia statute for establishing religious freedom -- _tThe First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution : a Jeffersonian compromise -- _tFrom the First Amendment to Reynolds : Jefferson ascendant -- _tFederal control : Jefferson's vision in our times -- _tJefferson's enduring legacy -- _tDocumentary appendix: Virginia Statute for Establishing Religious Freedom (original and edited versions) -- _tMemorial & remonstrance against religious assessments -- _tFirst Amendment to the United States Constitution -- _tMemorial from the General Convention of Virginia Presbyterians, August 13, 1785 (Bethel) -- _tResolution of the Virginia Baptist General Convention, August 13, 1785 -- _tJefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists, January 1, 1802, and related letters to Levi Lincoln and from Gideon Granger regarding the letter to the Danbury Baptists.
520			_aOffers a defense of Thomas Jefferson's advocacy for a strict separation of church and state by examining his views on religious freedom. Shows how the First Amendment's focus on maintaining the authority of states to regulate religious freedom demonstrates that Jefferson demanded a firm separation of church and state within the United States but never sought a wholly secular public square.
520			_a"For over one hundred years, Thomas Jefferson and his Statute for Establishing Religious Freedom have stood at the center of our understanding of religious liberty and the First Amendment. Jefferson's expansive vision--including his insistence that political freedom and free thought would be at risk if we did not keep government out of the church and church out of government--enjoyed a near consensus of support at the Supreme Court and among historians, until Justice William Rehnquist called reliance on Jefferson "demonstrably incorrect." Since then, Rehnquist's call has been taken up by a bevy of jurists and academics anxious to encourage renewed government involvement with religion. In Religious Freedom: Jefferson's Legacy, America's Creed, the historian and lawyer John Ragosta offers a vigorous defense of Jefferson's advocacy for a strict separation of church and state. Beginning with a close look at Jefferson's own religious evolution, Ragosta shows that deep religious beliefs were at the heart of Jefferson's views on religious freedom. Basing his analysis on that Jeffersonian vision, Ragosta redefines our understanding of how and why the First Amendment was adopted. He shows how the amendment's focus on maintaining the authority of states to regulate religious freedom demonstrates that a very strict restriction on federal action was intended. Ultimately revealing that the great sage demanded a firm separation of church and state but never sought a wholly secular public square, Ragosta provides a new perspective on Jefferson, the First Amendment, and religious liberty within the United States."--Publisher's description.
600	1	0	_aJefferson, Thomas, _d1743-1826 _xReligion.
600	1	0	_aJefferson, Thomas, _d1743-1826 _xPolitical and social views.
610	1	0	_aVirginia. _tAct for Establishing Religious Freedom.
650		0	_aFreedom of religion _zUnited States _xHistory _y18th century.
650		0	_aFreedom of religion _zVirginia _xHistory _y18th century.
650		0	_aChurch and state _zUnited States _xHistory _y18th century.
650		0	_aChurch and state _zVirginia _xHistory _y18th century.
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