Publication Date
3-1991
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Other Social and Behavioral Sciences | Political Science | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
Abstract
The religious underpinnings of American political and legal institutions have been duly noted by legal scholars, historians, judges, politicians, and clergymen alike. Church polities provided models not only for colonial civil governments but also for the present constitutional system.
Recommended Citation
Samson, Steven Alan, "Christianity in Nineteenth Century American Law" (1991). Faculty Publications and Presentations. 7.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/gov_fac_pubs/7
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Comments
Originally published in: Antithesis, II, 2 (March/April 1991): 23-29. Research done under a Wilbur Foundation grant.