| The Evangelical Origins of the Living Constitution Subjects: Religion and law -- United States -- History; Evangelicalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Constitutional law -- United States -- History; United States -- Religion; Church and state -- United States -- History; The New Deal is often said to represent a sea change in American constitutional history, overturning a century of precedent to permit an expanded federal government, increased regulation of the economy, and eroded property protections. John Compton offers a surprising revision of this familiar narrative, showing that nineteenth-century evangelical Protestants, not New Deal reformers, paved the way for the most important constitutional developments of the twentieth century. Compton John W. : John W. Compton is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Chapman University. |