The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521343299)

This book examines the famous Jefferson document that foreshadowed the Constitution's guarantee of religious liberty, the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. Jefferson wrote the Virginia Statute and shepherded it through a decade-long struggle for adoption. The statute reflects two key Revolutionary principles: absolute freedom of religious conscience and the separation of church and state.

Author: Merrill D. Peterson
ISBN-10: 0521343291
ISBN-13: 9780521343299
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/29/1988
Pages: 392
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d