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

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1996

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Casto, William R.

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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.

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

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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).