Church and State in the Modern Age: A Documentary History

Name: Church and State in the Modern Age: A Documentary History
Brand: Oxford University Press
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Author: J.F. MacLean
ISBN: 9780195086812

By: J.F. MacLean

Oxford University Press / 1995 / Hardcover

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This unique and essential reference on church-state relations in modern history collects virtually every major document associated with the evolution of the post Reformation churches- Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox- in their relationship to the simultaneously developing modern state in the West. Maclear includes royal edicts, revolutionary decrees, state constitutions, religious protests, papal pronouncements, and supreme court decisions, ranging from the Gallican Articles in 1682 to the Soviet Law on Freedom on Conscience and Religion of 1990, and follows each selection with suggestions for further reading. The only book of its kind, this volume will be an important reference for scholars and students working in a number of fields.

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Title: Church and State in the Modern Age: A Documentary History
By: J.F. MacLean
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 528
Vendor: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 1995

Dimensions: 9 X 6 X 1 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 13 ounces
ISBN: 0195086813
ISBN-13: 9780195086812
Stock No: WW86813

Publisher's Description

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This unique and essential reference on church-state relations in modern history collects virtually every major document associated with the evolution of the post-Reformation churches--Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox--in their relationship to the simultaneously developing modern state in the West. Maclear includes royal edicts, revolutionary decrees, state constitutions, religious protests, papal pronouncements, and Supreme Court decisions, ranging from the Gallican Articles in 1682 to the Soviet Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religion of 1990, and follows each selection with suggestions for further reading. The only book of its kind, this volume will be an important reference for scholars and students working in a number of fields.

Editorial Reviews

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"For anyone...interested or involved in modern church-state questions, this is an indispensable reference."--Choice

"This book contains an interesting set of documents on an important topic. Maclear has assembled a group of 186 offical documents that, read together with the help of Maclear's generally clear and concise introductions, can serve as a stimulating introduction to church-state relations in the West in the last three hundred years."--Church History

"The whole is a carefully constructed and well organized compilation. It fits very well a course in the history of the modern religious bodies and their relationship to the state."--The Catholic Historical Review

"...a useful translation of many of the main documents on this vast theme, from the Gallican Articles of 1682 to the 1990 Soviet law on the freedom of conscience and religion."--Journal of Ecclesiastical History