- Bib ID:
- 3562981
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Feldman, Noah, 1970-
- Online Version:
- Table of contents
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- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Description:
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- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005
- 306 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- Summary:
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"Noah Feldman tells the story of the relations between religion and American government, making clear that again and again in our history, diversity has forced us to redraw the lines in the church-state divide. In vivid chapters, he describes how we as a people have settled controversies over the Bible, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the teaching of evolution through appeals to shared values of liberty, equality, and freedom of conscience. And he proposes a solution to our current crisis - an approach that would honor our religious diversity while respecting the long-held conviction that religion and state should not mix."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. The origins
- 2. Schools and morals
- 3. The birth of American secularism
- 4. The fundamentals, the fundamentalists, and the monkey trial
- 5. The courts and the rise of legal secularism
- 6. The values evangelicals
- 7. Out of many, one
- 8. Reconciliation and the American experiment
- Conclusion : uniting a nation divided by God.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-286) and index.
- Subject:
- Church and state -- United States -- History
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1833
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1784
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