Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State

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Contents 1 Introduction: The Creation of an American Metaphor 1 2 The President, a Mammoth Cheese, and the “Wall of Separation”: Jeffersonian Politics and the New England Baptists 9 3 “Sowing Useful Truths and Principles”: Thomas Jefferson and the Danbury Baptist Association 25 4 “What the Wall Separates”: A Jurisdictional Interpretation of the “Wall of Separation” 55 5 Early References to a “Wall of Separation”: Prefiguring the Jeffersonian Metaphor 71 6 Creating “Effectual Barriers”: Alternative Metaphors in Defense of Religious Liberty 83 7 “Useful Truths and Principles . . . Germinate and Become Rooted” in the American Mind: Jefferson’s Metaphor Enters Political and Juridical Discourse 95 8 Conclusion: The Re-Creation of Church-State Law, Policy, and Discourse 107 Appendices: Documents from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson 129 1 Proclamation Appointing a Day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer, May 1774 131 2 Address to the Inhabitants of the Parish of St. Anne, 1774 132 ix 3 Bills Reported by the Committee of Revisors Appointed by the General Assembly of Virginia in 1776, 18 June 1779 133 4 Proclamation Appointing a Day of Publick and Solemn Thanksgiving and Prayer, November 1779 137 5 Draft of “The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798,” November 1798 (excerpt) 140 6 Correspondence with the Danbury Baptist Association, 1801–1802 142 7 Correspondence with the Citizens of Chesire, Massachusetts, January 1802 149 8 Second Inaugural Address, 4 March 1805 (excerpts) 152 9 Letter from Jefferson to the Reverend Samuel Miller, 23 January 1808 153 Notes 155 Selected Bibliography 245 Acknowledgments 271 Index 273 About the Author 283 x | Contents ...