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The Old Religion in a New World: The History of North American Christianity chronicles the arrival of Christianity in the New World, tracing the turning points in the development of the immigrant church that have led to today’s distinctly American faith. Taking a unique approach to this fascinating subject, Noll focuses on what was new about organized Christian religion on the American continent...

or non-Christians. In fact, between the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the start of government under the Constitution in 1789, the U.S. Congress itself entertained proposals for a wide range of practical procedures to encourage religion without setting up a European-style church establishment.22 Gradually the principle that the institutions of the church and the institutions of the government should be separate spread further. In the
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