The American Constitutions and Religion [1938]

A valuable resource for students of church-state relations in the United States, this painstakingly assembled anthology lists every passage with a religious reference in the charters of the thirteen colonies and the constitutions of forty-eight states. Moehlman also includes a useful introduction that provides an overview of church-state relations from the colonial period to the 1930s.

The book is divided into six sections:

Religious References in the Charters and Constitutions of the Thirteen Colonies and Original States, A.D. 1584–1776

Religious References in State Documents of the Revolutionary Period, A.D. 1776–1791

Religious References in State Constitutions, A.D. 1791–1837

Religious References in State Constitutions, A.D. 1837–1876

Religious References in State Constitutions, A.D. 1876–1930

Since the United States Supreme Court Decision in the Louisiana Text-Book Case, A.D. 1930