Thomas Jefferson and the wall of separation between church and state

Introduction : the creation of an American metaphor

The president, a mammoth cheese, and the "wall of separation" : Jeffersonian politics and the New England Baptists

"Sowing useful truths and principles" : Thomas Jefferson and the Danbury Baptist Association

"What the wall separates" : a jurisdictional interpretation of the "wall of separation"

Early references to a "wall of separation" : prefiguring the Jeffersonian metaphor

Creating "effectual barriers" : alternative metaphors in defense of religious liberty

"Useful truths and principles ... germinate and become rooted" in the American mind : Jefferson's metaphor enters political and juridical discourse

Conclusion : the re-creation of church-state law, policy, and discourse.