The Tension between Religious Liberty and Religious Establishment in Revolutionary New England
Abstract Revolutionary-era state constitutions reflected an unsettling tension in the history of American liberty. This article captures how revolutionary-era Americans accommodated moral liberty with religious establishment. Their notions of liberty were paradoxical, but it is possible to track their moral reasoning.
Authors
- Mark Valeri
Institutions
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Law and History Review
- Published
- 2026-01-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0738248025101466
- Primary Topic
- American Constitutional Law and Politics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Harvard University