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- ↑ "Faculty Profile: Daniel Dreisbach". www.american.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
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- ↑ Daniel L. Dreisbach, "The Meaning of the Separation of Church and State" in Derek H. Davis, ed. (2017). The Oxford Handbook of Church and State in the United States. Oxford University Press. pp. 207–225. ISBN 9780195326246.
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