| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 106.3

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Canada and the United States

Derek H. Davis. Religion and The Continental Congress 1774–1789: Contributions to Original Intent. (Religion in America Series.) New York: Oxford University Press. 2000. Pp. xiv, 309. $39.95.

Derek H. Davis's book offers a fresh, informative account of official "American" actions and attitudes toward religion before the implementation of the United States Constitution. Davis, who directs Baylor University's Institute of Church-State Relations, examines how the First and Second Continental Congresses treated religious issues and how that treatment affected the Constitution, including the composition and application of the First Amendment's religion clauses. While Davis's efforts at extrapolating from his research to contemporary issues of religion, state, and society may not be as compelling as his historical investigation, the book does contribute to current discussion of those thorny matters as well. The official records of the Continental Congress, along with records of the Constitutional Convention and the published writings of the 337 men who served at least one term as delegates to the Continental Congress, are the sources that Davis puts to good use. . . .

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