The Last Freedom: Religion from the Public School to the Public SquareThe presidency of George W. Bush has polarized the church-state debate as never before. The Far Right has been emboldened to use religion to govern, while the Far Left has redoubled its efforts to evict religion from public life entirely. Fewer people on the Right seem to respect the church-state separation, and fewer people on the Left seem to respect religion itself--still less its free exercise in any situation that is not absolutely private. In The Last Freedom, Joseph Viteritti argues that there is a basic tension between religion and democracy because religion often rejects compromise as a matter of principle while democracy requires compromise to thrive. In this readable, original, and provocative book, Viteritti argues that Americans must guard against debasing politics with either antireligious bigotry or religious zealotry. Drawing on politics, history, and law, he defines a new approach to the church-state question that protects the religious and the secular alike. |
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... American politics carries its own problems, to be sure. Among others, it has fed a backlash against religion, making the most religious among us more vulnerable. In any case, the story of religious freedom in America is older than the ...
... American continent, these questions have been with us since before the founding of the republic. When we look back on that definitive moment in our nation's his- tory, it seems all too apparent now that the men who shaped it were better ...
... American Civil Liberties Union. In the McCreary case, two Kentucky counties had posted copies of the commandments in their courthouses, and twice modified the displays to include other historical documents after a federal court issued ...
... American population, all the while recognizing the real threats posed by religious extremists in contemporary American politics. Chapter 2 further structures the larger discussion. It briefly describes the current political environment ...
... American psyche. Manhattan, with all its creative energy, can also be the narrowest slip on the planet. Yet the cosmopolitans who inhabit it influence the way many others think. They are opinion leaders. Many individuals who describe ...
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The Last Freedom: Religion from the Public School to the Public Square Joseph P. Viteritti No preview available - 2007 |