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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... rulings concerning the Ten Commandments. Derived from the Old Testament, the Decalogue is a centerpiece of the Judeo-Christian tradition and the moral code it establishes. Should it be displayed on government property? On the final day ...
... rulings, several justices re- ferred to the “borderline” nature of the cases, the lack of clear constitu- tional guidelines for addressing them, and even “confusion” with regard to the law. Justice Scalia argued that intent was ...
... ruling to be the most important education decision since Brown. Four days later President George W. Bush drew the same analogy, followed shortly by conservative columnist George F. Will. While I had linked the plea for choice to the ...
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The Last Freedom: Religion from the Public School to the Public Square Joseph P. Viteritti No preview available - 2007 |