The American Constitutions and Religion [1938]

<p>A valuable resource for students of church-state relations in the United States this painstakingly assembled anthology lists every passage with a religious reference in the charters of the thirteen colonies and the constitutions of forty-eight states. Moehlman also includes a useful introduction that provides an overview of church-state relations from the colonial period to the 1930s.</p><p>The book is divided into six sections:<br />Religious References in the Charters and Constitutions of the Thirteen Colonies and Original States A.D. 1584–1776<br />Religious References in State Documents of the Revolutionary Period A.D. 1776–1791<br />Religious References in State Constitutions A.D. 1791–1837<br />Religious References in State Constitutions A.D. 1837–1876<br />Religious References in State Constitutions A.D. 1876–1930<br />Since the United States Supreme Court Decision in the Louisiana Text-Book Case A.D. 1930</p>