The evangelical origins of the living constitution

Abstract

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Evangelical Challenge to American Constitutionalism -- 2. Moral Reform and Constitutional Adjudication, 1830-1854 -- 3. The Triumph of Evangelical Public Morality in the States -- 4. The Triumph of Evangelical Public Morality in the Supreme Court -- 5. Reexamining the Collapse of the Old Order -- Conclusion: The Evangelical Origins of the Modern Constitutional Order -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.