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Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State (New York University Press, 2003) Daniel L. Dreisbach and Mark David Hall. The Sacred Rights of Conscience: Selected Readings on Religious Liberty and Church-State Relations in the American Founding (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund Press, 2009)
[2] Although the concept is older, the exact phrase "separation of church and state" is derived from "wall of separation between Church & State," a term coined by Thomas Jefferson in his 1802 letter to members of the Danbury Baptist association in the state of Connecticut. [3] The concept was promoted by Enlightenment philosophers such as John ...
Jefferson sought what he called a "wall of separation between Church and State", which he believed was a principle expressed by the First Amendment. Jefferson's phrase has been cited several times by the Supreme Court in its interpretation of the Establishment Clause, including in cases such as Reynolds v. United States (1878), Everson v.
The “wall of separation” description is found in a Jan. 1, 1802, letter from President Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury, Connecticut, Baptist Association: “Believing with you that religion is ...
The Reynolds case, which also revived Thomas Jefferson's statement regarding the "wall of separation" between church and state, introduced the position that although religious exercise is generally protected under the First Amendment, this does not prevent the government from passing neutral laws that incidentally impact certain religious ...
Thomas Jefferson first used the phrase in a letter to the Danbury Baptist Association. Jefferson emphasized the First Amendment built “a wall of separation between church and state.” ...
At an event for students with Landry in 2018, Johnson told the audience that the separation of church and state is often taken out of context because it appeared in a letter written by Thomas ...
President Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1802 of "a wall of separation". [55] Everson used the metaphor of a wall of separation between church and state, derived from the correspondence of President Thomas Jefferson. It had been long established in the decisions of the Supreme Court, beginning with Reynolds v.