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The First Liberty: America's Foundation in Religious Freedom

Author: William Lee Miller
ISBN #: 0878408991
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Publisher Location: Washington DC
Book Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: no jacket
Edition: Expanded and Updated
Pub Date: 2003
some soiling to front endpaper and rear cover, several dog-eared pages; no jacket. First printing, full number line. "Miller re-creates the fierce and vibrant debate among the founding fathers over the means of establishing public virtue in the absence of established religion a debate that still reverberates in today's passionate arguments about civil rights, school prayer, abortion, Christmas crèches, conscientious objection during warfare and demonstrates how the right to hold any religious belief has dynamically shaped American political life." Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997.