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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... group, they were smarter. Their understanding of what it meant to promote democracy in a plural society was better reasoned. Their approach to the larger questions may be even more applicable to our present circumstances than it was to ...
... group of parents who refused to let their children read an assigned textbook that offended their religious ... groups that find themselves part of a religious and political minority. These stories are positioned at the front ...
... groups were attempting to strike down a law that was expanding the range of educational opportunities available to low-income children in Cleveland. He wanted to steer public discussion of the case in a particular direction. As he ex ...
... groups that have been the victims of discrimination, exhibit a genuine hostility towards the devoutly religious. They are not ashamed to say it. Their sentiment is proudly worn as a badge of sophistication, yet it is nothing but a form ...
... groups to win reelection. His comfortable margin of victory in 2004 cast popular sentiment about religion and the fears associated with it in bold relief. His public remarks brought things to a fever pitch. I will say more about him ...
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The Last Freedom: Religion from the Public School to the Public Square Joseph P. Viteritti No preview available - 2007 |