Undermined Establishment : Church-State Relations in America, 1880-1920.
Handy, Robert T.
Undermined Establishment : Church-State Relations in America, 1880-1920. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (217 pages) - Studies in Church and State . - Studies in church and state. .
Cover; Contents.
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In the middle of the nineteenth century, a stable relationship between American religious organizations and the state was taken for granted. Concord prevailed between the Christian (and largely Protestant) ""establishment"" on one side and governmental bodies on the other. Here a preeminent scholar of American religious history shows what happened when that settled relationship was tested and challenged. The decades from 1880 to 1920 were marked by an unprecedented influx of immigrants (many of whom were Catholics and Jews), increasing conflicts between public and private school systems, ex.
9781400862368 (electronic bk.) 1400862361 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt735qv1 JSTOR
Church and state--History.--United States
Église et État--Histoire.--États-Unis
POLITICAL SCIENCE--General.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
RELIGION--Essays.
RELIGION--Reference.
Church and state.
Religion.
United States--Religion.
États-Unis--Religion.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
BR516
200
Undermined Establishment : Church-State Relations in America, 1880-1920. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (217 pages) - Studies in Church and State . - Studies in church and state. .
Cover; Contents.
""Cover ""; ""Contents""
In the middle of the nineteenth century, a stable relationship between American religious organizations and the state was taken for granted. Concord prevailed between the Christian (and largely Protestant) ""establishment"" on one side and governmental bodies on the other. Here a preeminent scholar of American religious history shows what happened when that settled relationship was tested and challenged. The decades from 1880 to 1920 were marked by an unprecedented influx of immigrants (many of whom were Catholics and Jews), increasing conflicts between public and private school systems, ex.
9781400862368 (electronic bk.) 1400862361 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt735qv1 JSTOR
Church and state--History.--United States
Église et État--Histoire.--États-Unis
POLITICAL SCIENCE--General.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
RELIGION--Essays.
RELIGION--Reference.
Church and state.
Religion.
United States--Religion.
États-Unis--Religion.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
BR516
200