The Tension between Religious Liberty and Religious Establishment in Revolutionary New England

Mark Valeri

doi:10.1017/S0738248025101466

The Tension between Religious Liberty and Religious Establishment in Revolutionary New England

Mark Valeri

Washington University in St. Louis

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	Law and History Review
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0738248025101466
State	Accepted/In press - 2026

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