The serpentine wall

The serpentine wall

by Harris

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The Serpentine Wall is chronologically structured. It begins with a history of ideas approach to the European backgrounds and colonial American experiments in theocracy and freedom of religion. It covers pre-modern American debates about religious freedom among the founding generation right up through the nineteenth century. The final section of the book focuses on the separation of church and state and how this has become a matter determined by the Supreme Court. --from publisher description

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    How does Harris’s exploration of early colonial theocracy challenge or reshape your understanding of America's foundational identity?

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    In what ways did the European intellectual backgrounds discussed in the book genuinely shape the religious liberties we experience today, versus being used merely as political rhetoric?

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    How does tracing the evolution of religious freedom through the nineteenth century change your perspective on modern debates surrounding the separation of church and state?

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