Religious Freedom: Jefferson's Legacy, America's Creed

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Index Abington School District v. Schempp, , , , ,  Act of Toleration, , ,  Adams, Arlin, ,  Adams, Jasper, –, ,  Adams, John, , , –, , ,  Alabama,  Amar, Akhil, , , ,  Ames, Fisher,  Anglican Church. See Church of England anti-Catholicism, ,  Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn, n Articles of Confederation,  Athanasian creed, ,  atheists, , , , n Augusta County, ,  Aurora, The, , ,  Baird, Robert, , ,  Baltimore Baptist Association, , n Bancroft, George, , – Baptist Church, , , ; mobilization, , , , n; Separate, , ;“Spirit of the Gospel” petition, –, , , , –; Virginia Baptist General Association, , ; Virginia Baptist General Committee, ,  Barbour, Philip, ,  Barrow, David, , ,  Beecher, Henry Ward,  Beecher, Lyman,  Benedict, David,  Benedict, William,  Bible, , ; in public schools, , ,  Bill of Rights, ; Madison opposition to, –, –; in ratification debates, –; and Supreme Court, , ,  Bingham, John,  Bishop of London, , ,  Bishop’s Controversy, ,  Black, Hugo, n Black, Jeremiah S.,  Blackmun, Harry,  Blaine Amendments, ,  Bland, Richard,  Board of Education of the City of Cincinnati, , n Bolingbrook, st Viscount (Henry St. John),  Bonomi, Patricia,  Book of Common Prayer,  Boston Investigator,  Brant, Irving, , ,  Braxton, Carter,  Brennen, William, , ,  Brewer, David,  Brown v. Board of Education, , ,  Bryan, James,  Burger, Warren,  California,  Calvin, John, ,  Calvinism, , , , ,  Cantwell v. Connecticut, ,  Caroline County,  Carr, Peter,  Carroll, Daniel, n, n Cary, Archibald, , ,  Catholicism, , , , , –,  census, , n, n   chaplains, , – Christian nation, United States seen as, , , , –,  Church of England, , , , , ; clergy, , , ; latitudinarianism, –, ; loyalism of, ; marriage, , , ; opposition to disestablishment, ; parishes , , ; tax to support, , , , , ; vestries, , , , . See also Episcopal Church Church, Forrest,  church and state, , , , , , , ,  Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, ,  Civil War, , , –,  Clayton, John,  clergy: Jefferson’s relationship with, –, , , , –; role of,  College of New Jersey,  Commentaries on the Constitution (Story), – Congregational Church, , , ,  Conkin, Paul,  Connecticut, , , , , ,  Constitution, , ; necessary and proper clause, , , , –; no test oath, , –, ; Philadelphia Convention,  Constitutional ratification, ; and antifederalists , , –, ; Maryland, , , ; Massachusetts, , ; New York, , ; North Carolina, , , , , ; Rhode Island, , , –, , ; Virginia, , ,  Cooley, Thomas, –,  Cooper, Thomas,  Cord, Robert, –, , –, n County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union,  Coxe, Tench, – Craig, Elijah, ,  Curry, Thomas, , , , ,  Cutler, Manasseh,  Cutter v. Wilkinson, n, n, n Danbury Baptists, Letter to the (Jefferson ), , , , , , , , , –, n, n, n Davies, Samuel, ,  Davies, William,  days of fasting and prayer, –, –, , – Declaration of Independence, , ,  deism, , ,  Delaware, ,  Detached Memorandum (Madison), ,  Dickinson, John, n Disciples of Christ,  dissenters, ; assaults, , ; dunking of, –; jailed, , ; and mobilization, , , , , n; religious petitions , –, , , , ; restrictions on marriage, , , , ; share of population, , ; and slaves, – District of Columbia, , , – Donald, Alexander, ,  Douglas, William (reverend),  Douglas, William (Supreme Court justice), n, n Drakeman, Donald, , , , n Dreisbach, Daniel, , , , , , –, , , –, – Duane, William,  Dunmore, Lord, ,  Dwight, Timothy,  education, controlled by ministers,  Edwards, Weldon,  Eisgruber, Christopher L.,  election of , , , –, , , , , n Elk Grove v. Newdow, n, n, nn–, n, n Ellsworth, Oliver, , ,  Ely, Ezra Stiles,  Emmerich, Charles, ,    Engel v. Vitale, ,  Enlightenment, , , , , , , , , , , ,  Episcopal Church, –, ; incorporation, , –, , – Establishment Clause,,; incorporation,  Eve, George, – Everson v. Board of Education, , , , , , , ,  Falwell, Jerry,  First Amendment to the Constitution, , , , ; congressional debates, –; limited to federal government, , , , ; preferentialist argument , , , , ; restriction to Congress, , n. See also Establishment Clause; Free Exercise Clause Fourteenth Amendment, , –, , , , n Franklin, Benjamin,  Free Exercise Clause, , ; incorporation, ,  Fristoe, William,  Garfield, James,  Gaustad, Edwin, , , ,  general assessment, , , , –, ; and Baptists, , ; and opposition to taxes, –; and other states, , , n; and Presbyterians, , , –,  Georgia, ,  Gerry, Elbridge, ,  Goldberg, Arthur,  Gooch, William,  Gordon, Sarah Barringer,  Gospel of John,  Granger, Gideon,  Grant, Ulysses S.,  Great Awakening: First, ; Second, , , , , ,  Green, Steven, , , –, ,  Greene, Jack,  Greenwood, James,  Griffith, David,  Grigsby, Hugh Blair,  Hamburger, Philip, –, , , , , , n, n Hamilton, Alexander, ,  Hampden-Sydney Academy,  Hanover County,  Harrison, Benjamin, ,  Harriss, Samuel,  Henry, Patrick, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  Hildreth, Richard,  Hinduism, ,  History of the Corruptions of Christianity, An (Priestley),  Holy Trinity case, ,  Hopkinson, Francis,  Horrocks, James,  Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC, n House of Burgesses, Committee for Religion, , ,  House of Delegates, Committee for Religion,  House of Representatives, religious services, , – Howe, Mark DeWolfe,  Howison, Robert,  Huntington, Benjamin,  Hutson, James, –, ,  Illinois,  International Center for Jefferson Studies, ix, x,  Iowa,  Ireland, James,  Isaac, Rhys,  Islam, , , , , , , , , , , n Jackson, Robert, n Jefferson, Jane,  Jefferson, Martha,    Jefferson, Thomas: as ambassador, , ; and Bill of Rights, , , , ; and bills –, –, ; Christianity of, –, , , , , ; church attendance, , , , –; and Church of England, ; and clergy, –, , , , , –; day of fasting and prayer, –, –; and deism, , ; in House of Delegates, , –, ; early religious beliefs, –; inaugural addresses, , , –, , , , –; and life after death, –; The Life and Morals of Jesus, –; materialism, , , ; and miracles, , , ; nondogmatic religion , ; Notes on the State of Virginia, , , , , , , ; and original intent, ;“The Philosophy of Jesus,” , n; praised in newspapers, –; and prayer, ; private religion, , –; providence, ; references to in state constitutional debates, , –; republicanism, , ; and Supreme Court, , ;“Syllabus of an Estimate of the merit of the doctrines of Jesus,” ; and trinity, , , ; Unitarianism,  “Jefferson Bible,”  Jefferson Monument,  Jeffries, John,  Jesus, , ; divinity of, , , , , , ; resurrection, ,  Jones, Willie,  Judaism, , , , , , , , , n; Jefferson understanding of,  Kansas,  Kaskaskra, Indians, , – Kauper, Paul,  Kennedy, Thomas,  Kent...