Separation of Church and State by Philip Hamburger

Separation of Church and State by Philip Hamburger

In a powerful challenge to conventional wisdom, Philip Hamburger argues that the separation of church and state has no historical foundation. The detailed evidence assembled here shows that eighteenth-century Americans almost never invoked this principle. Although Thomas Jefferson and others retrospectively claimed that the First Amendment separated church and state, separation became part of American constitutional law only much later.

Hamburger has written an extremely important bookHis prodigious learning and ingenious interpretations overturn the conventional wisdom, forcing even the most passionate defenders of separationism to recognise how much of the story of religious liberty has taken on mythical dimensions. - Alan Wolfe, Books and Culture; This richly documented and cogently argued book challenges conventional interpretations of separation of church and state as a constitutional standard in American history and promises to reshape the debate on the constitutional and prudential relations between religion and American public life. - Daniel L. Dreisbach, American University

Hamburger, Philip: - Philip Hamburger is the Maurice and Hilda Friedman Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. He writes on constitutional law, including religious liberty, freedom of speech and the press, administrative power, and unconstitutional conditions. His previous books are Separation of Church and State (Harvard 2002), Law and Judicial Duty (Harvard 2008), and Is Administrative Law Unlawful? (Chicago 2014). He received a BA from Princeton and JD from Yale. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has been awarded the Sutherland Prize (twice), the Henry Paolucci/Walter Bagehot Book Award, the Hayek Book Prize, and the Bradley Prize.

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ISBN 13	9780674007345
ISBN 10	0674007344
Title	Separation of Church and State
Author	Philip Hamburger
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Harvard University Press
Year published	2002-06-30
Number of pages	528
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