Oliver Ellsworth's Calvinist Vision of Church and State in the Early Republic

Casto, William R.

Oliver Ellsworth's Calvinist Vision of Church and State in the Early Republic

Date

1996

Authors

Casto, William R.

Abstract

Professor Casto contributes to this book with an examination of Oliver Ellsworth and the role his religious beliefs played in his contribution to the early republic.

Keywords

Oliver Ellsworth, Calvinism, Chief Justice, Supreme Court, French cruisers, American sailors, British, foreign policy, eighteenth century, 18th century

Citation

William R. Casto, Oliver Ellsworth's Calvinist Vision of Church and State in the Early Republic, in The Forgotten Founders on Religion and Public Life 65-100 (Daniel L. Dreisbach et al eds., 2009).