The ^ASecond Disestablishment

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The ^ASecond Disestablishment is written by Steven Green and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0199889716 (ISBN 10) and 9780199889716 (ISBN 13).

Study of the American relationship between church and state tends to focus either on the founding period or the modern era. Steven Green argues that a crucial development occurred during the 19th century: a "second disestablishment." By the early 1800s, formal, political disestablishment had occurred nationally and among the states. Yet America remained a Christian nation. In the 19th century, legal and educational reforms and a growing appreciation of the nation's religious diversity led to a second disestablishment. Green shows that the second disestablishment is the missing link between the Establishment Clause and the modern Supreme Court's Church/State decisions.