Sarah Barringer Gordon (also known as Sally Gordon) is the Arlin M. Adams Professor of Constitutional Law and a professor of history at the

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. She specializes in the history of American religion and law.

Life and career

Gordon holds a B.A. from

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, J.D. from

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, M.A.R. (Ethics) from

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and a

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in history from

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Works

* ''Freedom’s Holy Light: Disestablishment in America, 1776–1876'' (forthcoming) * ''The Spirit of the Law: Religious Voices and the Constitution in Modern America'' (Harvard University Press, 2010) . * ''The Mormon Question: Polygamy and Constitutional Conflict in Nineteenth-Century America'' (University of North Carolina Press, 2001) .

External links

Gordon's biography
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