Joseph Manca's The Touro Synagogue, Peter Harrison, George Washington, and Religious Freedom in America, published in the Journal of the American Revolution in 2016, is popular history journalism examining the synagogue's colonial architect and its symbolic connection to Washington's famous 1790 letter on religious liberty. The Journal of the American Revolution is a specialist history magazine aimed at a general readership rather than a peer-reviewed academic journal, so its editorial standard is informed popular history rather than blind academic review. It is a reasonable source for this well-documented episode, though a claim needing fine architectural or archival detail is better supported by a dedicated academic study of the building.
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Joseph Manca's The Touro Synagogue, Peter Harrison, George Washington, and Religious Freedom in America, published in the Journal of the American Revolution in 2016, the middle tier reflecting informed popular history journalism from a specialist history magazine aimed at a general readership rather than a peer-reviewed academic journal. It is a reasonable source for this well-documented episode, though a claim needing fine architectural or archival detail is better supported by a dedicated academic study of the building. NotesPopular history journalism on the Touro Synagogue's architect and its ties to religious freedom, Journal of the American Revolution, 2016; a magazine article, not a peer-reviewed academic study.
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AuthorJoseph Manca
PublisherJournal of the American Revolution
Publication Year2016
URLhttps://allthingsliberty.com/2016/02/the-touro-synagogue-peter-harrison-george-washington-and-religious-freedom-in-america/
Source Typejournalism
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