The godless constitution

the case against religious correctness

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The godless constitution

the case against religious correctness

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The Godless Constitution is an urgent and timely reexamination of the roots of church-state separation in American politics - and a ringing refutation of the misguided claims of the religious right.

In this important polemic two distinguished scholars of American political ideas and religion refute this dangerous attempt to introduce what they term "religious correctness" into our politics, by reminding us that the absence of any mention of God in the Constitution was a conscious action on the framers' part, intended to prevent the bloody religious controversies that so marked European history.

They also emphasize that church-state separation was seen as a guarantee of - not a hindrance to - religions liberty. Fully respecting the importance of religion in the public sphere, yet forthright in defining proper limits, The Godless Constitution offers a bracing return to the first principles of American democracy - and a guide to keeping them intact in the forthcoming presidential campaign.

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Norton
Language
English
Pages
191

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Cover of: The Godless Constitution
The Godless Constitution: A Moral Defense of the Secular State
August 29, 2005, W. W. Norton
in English
Cover of: The Godless Constitution
The Godless Constitution: A Moral Defense of the Secular State
August 29, 2005, W. W. Norton
in English
Cover of: The Godless Constitution
The Godless Constitution: The Case Against Religious Correctness
February 1997, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
Cover of: The Godless Constitution
The Godless Constitution: The Case Against Religious Correctness
February 1997, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
Cover of: The godless constitution
The godless constitution: the case against religious correctness
1996, Norton
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-182) and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
322/.1/0973
Library of Congress
BR516 .K66 1996, BR516.K66 1996, BR516 .K73 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
191 p. ;
Number of pages
191

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL788376M
ISBN 10
0393039617
LCCN
95020735
OCLC/WorldCat
33012907
Library Thing
43192
Goodreads
798439

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