James Madison on Religious Liberty

Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2002 Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY. 2002. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 338 pp. The confrontation in America over separation of church and state and of religious freedom have suffered from a fundamental lack of reliable information concerning the American tradition surrounding these vital principles. This book is about the Father of the Constitution and architect of religious freedom in America- his ideas, his actions, and his contributions to the fledgling nation. This book has an extensive sampling of his writings that relate to religious liberty and then is placed in historical context from which the story unfolds of his activities in Virginia in the Constitutional Convention. Bringing together the finest historical analysis and the first publication in one volume of all the pertinent Madison writings on religious freedom is a pioneering study with balanced treatment that will prove of value to all who care about their American heritage of religious freedom. A clean pristine copy.