Neither Church nor State: Reflections on James Madison's "Line of Separation"

Mead, Sidney E.

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“…He also observes that "the reference to a 'wall' conjures up the image of something quite tangible and solid, which was built once and for all in the beginning." 14 Adding to these scholarly doubts, some popular authors bluntly challenge separation as a myth. 15 Generalizing about the developments of the past few decades, Ira C. Lupu notes that "separationism is on the wane" and that there is a "strong trend away from the separationist ethos .…”

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“…committed adultery with her." 14 This image of an adulterous and unnatural coupling (together with related metaphors of prostitution and rape, of virginal purity and corrupted wine) would continue to enliven antiestablishment arguments for centuries, including, eventually, arguments for the separation of church and state.…”

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Separation of Church and State

Hall¹,

Hamburger²

2002

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Separation of Church and State

Hall¹,

Hamburger²

2002

Journal of Law and Religion

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The Christian Nation Debate and Witness Competency

Formisano¹,

Pickering²

2009

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Historians have examined closely the Founders’ intentions regarding the First Amendment’s religious establishment clause as well as the influence of Protestant Christianity in the public life of the early republic. The new national government, and particularly several states, often breached Jefferson’s “wall of separation” between church and state. While these complex and important subjects, hardly confined to academic circles, will continue to spur research and controversy, this article addresses one feature of the prominence of Christianity in civic life. In courtrooms across the country, well into the nineteenth century, judges allowed witnesses to be questioned regarding their religious beliefs, with some requiring belief in the “future state” doctrine of divine rewards and punishments before permitting them to testify. Some courts accepted witnesses who believed in divine punishment in this life, or in non-eternal retribution in the hereafter. This common law tradition affected primarily Universalists, various kinds of nonbelievers, and of course atheists. While the common law adapted to rapid change in the economic and technological realm, common law religious tests for witness competency proved remarkably durable.

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Neither Church nor State: Reflections on James Madison's "Line of Separation"

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