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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... Church and state—United States. 2. School choice— United States. I. Title. BR516.V58 2007 322j.10973—dc22 2006034332 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available This book has been composed in Goudy Printed on acid-free ...
... church and state. As someone who had studied urban education for more than twenty years, I saw the issue somewhat differently. I was impressed with polls that were showing strong support among African- American and Hispanic parents for ...
... church to explore how he could “speak to the soul of the nation,” and better understand poor people. He reminds us how Bush had reached out in 1985 to the Rever- end Billy Graham for help to overcome his abuse of alcohol and turn his ...
... church regularly are enmeshed in a ubiquitous secular culture that defines their morals and their mores. They are out of touch with the sentiments and values of people whose life is defined by their faith. The great majority of the ...
... church practice of telling parishioners to vote their consciences. But if the Catholic Church has a moral position on abortion, why shouldn't it inject that position into a national debate? Should the posi- tion be barred from public ...
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