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Calvert, Jane. "Quaker Pennsylvania: Refuge from Priestcraft?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, Sep 02, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p59069_index.html>

Calvert, J. , 2004-09-02 "Quaker Pennsylvania: Refuge from Priestcraft?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p59069_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Historians agree that colonial Pennsylvania was a successful experiment in religious liberty. Some have claimed that this experiment provided an example separation of church and state that was the inspiration for the First Amendment. I argue that, although there was religious liberty, it was instituted as the first theological imperative that defined the Quaker theocracy in Pennsylvania. Quaker politicians, who were also the Quakers’ spiritual leaders, governed the province as their religious meeting writ large. Their regulatory laws and political tactics were designed to keep Pennsylvania under Quaker control and convince as many people as possible to at least act like, if not become, Quakers. This paper explores the tension inherent in the two seemingly contradictory aims of the Quaker theocracy in Pennsylvania—freedom and control. Was this truly a “peculiar ‘land of liberty,’” or was this “holy experiment” a new exercise in priestcraft? Or was it both at once? I find that the religious climate in Pennsylvania was as much a source of concern for the founders of the American Republic as a source of inspiration. Therefore, while the religious liberty may have influenced thinkers such as Jefferson, many others saw a great danger in the close connection between church and state and took steps to prevent such a thing in the federal government.

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