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A conservative, [[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] Christian, Harlan's Christian beliefs strongly shaped his views during his tenure as Supreme Court justice.<ref name="PBS"/><ref>Przybyszewski (1999), pgs. 47–60.</ref> During his time on the Supreme Court, he was an elder at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in [[Washington D.C.]],<ref name="Przybyszewski 48">Przybyszewski (1999), p. 48.</ref> and there he taught a Sunday school class of middle aged men from 1896 until his death in 1911.<ref name="ANB"/><ref name="Przybyszewski 48"/> In addition to this, he was a lecturer at [[The George Washington University|Columbian Law School]] from 1889 to 1911.<ref name="ANB"/>
A conservative, [[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] Christian, Harlan's Christian beliefs strongly shaped his views during his tenure as Supreme Court justice.<ref name="PBS"/><ref>Przybyszewski (1999), pgs. 47–60.</ref> During his time on the Supreme Court, he was an elder at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in [[Washington D.C.]],<ref name="Przybyszewski 48">Przybyszewski (1999), p. 48.</ref> and there he taught a Sunday school class of middle aged men from 1896 until his death in 1911.<ref name="ANB"/><ref name="Przybyszewski 48"/> In addition to this, he was a lecturer at [[The George Washington University|Columbian Law School]] from 1889 to 1911.<ref name="ANB"/>
==Legacy==
On March 12, 1906, Harlan donated a [[King James Version]] [[Bible]] to the Supreme Court.<ref name="Harlan Bible">{{cite news | last1=White | first1=Darrell | title=“Harlan Bible” Day – March 12 (1906) | url=http://ajatoday.com/archives/56 | date=March 12, 2008 | publisher=American Judicial Alliance | accessdate=October 24, 2015}}</ref> This Bible had become known as the "Harlam Bible," and, as of 2015, has been signed by every succeeding Supreme Court justice after taking the oath of office.<ref name="Harlan Bible"/> As of 2015, the American Judicial Alliance (AJA), a Christian judicial organization, is attempting to place a copy of the Harlan Bible in every courtroom in the United States.<ref>{{cite news | title=Lawyers Present Commemorative Bible to Chautauqua County Court | url=http://www.observertoday.com/page/content.detail/id/577874.html | date=November 4, 2012 | publisher=''[[Observer (Dunkirk)|The Observer]]'' | accessdate=October 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Bible Project | url=http://ajatoday.com/bible-project | publisher=''American Judicial Alliance'' | accessdate=October 24, 2015}}</ref>
== References ==
== References ==