The Evangelical Origins of the Living Constitution
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Legal History, Constitutional, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | John W. Compton | ISBN: | 9780674419896 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | March 10, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | John W. Compton |
| ISBN: | 9780674419896 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | March 10, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
John Compton shows how evangelicals, not New Deal reformers, paved the way for the most important constitutional developments of the twentieth century. Their early-1800s crusade to destroy property that made immorality possible challenged founding-era legal protections of slavery, lotteries, and liquor sales and opened the door to progressivism.
John Compton shows how evangelicals, not New Deal reformers, paved the way for the most important constitutional developments of the twentieth century. Their early-1800s crusade to destroy property that made immorality possible challenged founding-era legal protections of slavery, lotteries, and liquor sales and opened the door to progressivism.
