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This ambitious and accessible history of the nation's highest court contains information important for every American to know.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Ties That Bind
- Chapter One: “In the Beginning Was the Word,” 1620–1791
- Chapter Two: Establishing the Parameters of Priestly Duties, 1790–1821
- Chapter Three: Expounding the Holy Writ in Troubled Times, 1810–1860
- Chapter Four: Interpreting New and Old Holy Books: Part I: Beginning to Widen the Civil Religious Community, 1860–1917
- Chapter Five: Interpreting New and Old Holy Books: Part II: Protecting Property and Other Individual Rights in the Changing Economy, 1864–1917
- Chapter Six: Responding to New Crises and Exploring the Implications of the Civil Theology, 1917–1941
- Chapter Seven: Searching for the Meaning of Loyalty within the American Civil Religion, 1940–1959
- Chapter Eight: Struggling to Equalize Justice and Expand the Civil Theology’s Reach: Part I: The Matter of Race, 1954–1997
- Chapter Nine: Struggling to Equalize Justice and Expand the Civil Theology’s Reach: Part II: Other Matters Including Gender and Sectarian Religion, 1962–1997
- Chapter Ten: Making the Scriptures on Individual Rights Nationally Operative, 1960–1997
- Conclusion: The Blessings of Liberty
- Notes
- Justices of the Supreme Court
- Case Index
- Subject Index
- About the Author