|
| |
RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY:
From the Revolutionary Era to the Current Culture
Wars
Teaching American History Seminar
Sam Houston State University | July 18, 2006
Jeff Littlejohn
and
Yvonne Frear
|
"Congress
shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
|
WE
AMERICANS celebrate the idea of "religious
liberty," although few of us can agree on what it means in practice.
Join the members of "Virginia History," as we discuss the framers
of the First Amendment, their thoughts on religious liberty, and
the current controversies over their ideas.
|
Introduction
|General Information | Primary
Sources | Scholarly Articles |
|
Supreme Court Cases | Cultural
Warriors | Around the World | The
Essentials
|
| |
Primary
Sources
George
Mason
Virginia
Declaration of Rights, 1776
Thomas
Jefferson
Declaration
of Independence
Jefferson's
Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, 1779
Jefferson's
Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom, 1786
Jefferson
Letter to Rush, 1800
Jefferson
Memo, 1800
Jefferson,
1st Inaugural, 1801
Jefferson,
2nd Inaugural, 1805
Jefferson
Letter to Robinson, 1801
Jefferson
Letter to Danbury, 1802
Jefferson
Letter to Lincoln, 1802
Jefferson
Letter to Miller, 1808
Jefferson
Letter to Baltimore Baptist, 1808
Jefferson
Letter to Stiles, 1819
Jefferson
Letter to Cooper, 1822
Jefferson
Minutes, University of Virginia, 1822-25
Jefferson
Query XVII, 1782
The
Jefferson Bible [brief
discussion]
Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress
James Madison
Madison's
Proposal for a Bill of Rights, 6-8-1789
Madison's
Report on the First Amendment to the Virginia House of Delegates,
1799-1800
Madison,
1st Inaugural, 1809
Madison,
2nd Inaugural, 1813
Madison
Prayer, 1812
Madison
Prayer, 1813
Madison
Fasting, 1814
Madison
Thanksgiving, 1815
Madison
Letter to Bradford, September 25, 1773
Madison
Letter to Bradford, January 24, 1774
Madison
Letter to Bradford, April 1, 1774
Madison,
Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments, 1785
Madison
Letter to Randolph, July 26, 1785
Madison
Against Virginia's Establishment of the Episcopal Church, 1786
Madison
Letter to Jefferson on the Bill Concerning Religious Freedom, January
22, 1786
The
Federalist No. 10, November 23, 1787
The
Federalist No. 51, February 6, 1788
Madison
Letter to Randolph, April 10, 1788
Madison
Speech to Virginia Assembly Regarding Religious Freedom, June 12,
1788
Madison's
Letter to Jefferson Regarding the Proposed Bill of Rights, October
17, 1788
Madison
on Property, 1792
Madison,
Veto Messages, February 1811
Madison
to Everett Regarding Theological Professorships Within a University,
March 19, 1823
Madison
Letter to Beasley Regarding Proofs of God, November 20, 1825
Madison
Letter to Reverend Adams, 1832
|
| |
Secondary
Scholarly Articles
Irving
Brant, "Madison: On the Separation of Church and State."
[pdf]
Vincent
Phillip Munoz, "James Madison's Principle of Religious Liberty."
[pdf]
|
| |
Essentials
Anyone
interested in reading the essentials might consider the following
materials:
1) Primary Documents
A.
George Mason
Virginia
Declaration of Rights, 1776
B.
James Madison
Madison,
Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments, 1785
Madison
Letter to Jefferson on the Bill Concerning Religious Freedom,
January 22, 1786
Madison
Speech to Virginia Assembly Regarding Religious Freedom, June
12, 1788
Madison's
Proposal for a Bill of Rights, 6-8-1789
Madison's
Report on the First Amendment to the VA House of Delegates, 1799-1800
C.
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Letter to Danbury, 1802
The Jefferson "Bible" [brief
discussion]
2)
General Information on Religion and Religious Liberty in America
A.
NOW:
With Bill Moyers, Faith in America (Statistics on Religion in
America)
B.
NOW:
With Bill Moyers, Religion in America Quiz
C.
A MUST READ: History of Religious
Liberty in America
D.
A MUST READ: History of Religious
Liberty Law in America
E.
The Pew Forum on
Religion and Public Life
3)
Article on Madison
Irving
Brant, "Madison: On the Separation of Church and State."
[pdf]
3)
Cultural Warriors
Bill
O'Reilly, Who's Looking Out for You, "Chapter Five:
God Help Us" [pdf] [edited]
1.
Fallacious
Madison quote on the Ten Commandments
2.
The
"Facts" about the Ben Franklin quote
4)
The Summaries of the Following Supreme Court Cases
Rosenberger
v. University of Virginia, 515 U.S. 819 (1995) Summary
Lee
v. Weisman, 505 US 577 (1992) Summary
Employment
Division v. Smith, 494 US 872 (1990) Summary
5)
Any of the Following Legal History You Find Interesting
History
of Religious Liberty
Establishment
clause
Free-exercise
clause
|
|