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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... secular culture. It also illustrates the inherent problems that majority rule poses for individuals and groups that find themselves part of a religious and political minority. These stories are positioned at the front end of the book to ...
... secular project. I would interpret the project somewhat differently, as an attempt to define religious freedom in a society steeped in religion, or at least many Protestant versions of it. This is different from our present task, which ...
... has come. Kevin Phillips, the author of American Theocracy, concedes, “In the 1960's and 1970's, to be sure, secular liberals grossly misread American and world history by trying to push religion out of the FEAR AND LOATHING 7.
... 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 American people who inhabit the center of ...
... secular educator Jules Ferry as ecole sanctuaire.13 There was no place for religious expression or exceptionalism in these institutions, although it should be mentioned that the French government pays 85 percent of the costs for ...
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The Last Freedom: Religion from the Public School to the Public Square Joseph P. Viteritti No preview available - 2007 |