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God and the founders
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Vincent Phillip Muñoz |
Did the Founding Fathers intend to build a "wall of separation" between church and state? Are public Ten Commandments displays or the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance consistent with th… |
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Godly republicanism
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Michael P. Winship |
Puritans did not find a life free from tyranny in the New World -- they created it there. Massachusetts emerged a republic as they hammered out a vision of popular participation and limited governmen… |
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With God on their side
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Esther Kaplan |
An evaluation of the influence of the Christian right on the current administration, discussing the direction of Christian fundamentalism as it is shaping today's political arena, in the areas of sex… |
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Religion and the Constitution
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Kent Greenawalt |
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Inventing a Christian America
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Steven K. Green |
Among the most enduring themes in American history is the idea that the United States was founded as a Christian nation. A pervasive narrative in everything from school textbooks to political comment… |
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The future of religion in American politics
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Dunn, Charles W. |
"The Future of Religion in American Politics presents thoughtful, wide-ranging essays by twelve eminent public intellectuals and scholars, offering rich and stimulating views on one of the most divis… |
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The Founding Fathers and the Place of Religion in America
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Frank Lambert |
"How did the United States, founded as colonies with explicitly religious aspirations, come to be the first modern state whose commitment to the separation of church and state was reflected in its co… |
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Render unto Caesar
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Charles J. Chaput |
"Few topics in recent years have ignited as much public debate as the balance between religion and politics. Does religious thought have any place in political discourse? Do religious believers have … |
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Refuge in the Lord
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Lawrence J. McAndrews |
"In this overarching portrait of three decades of U.S. immigration reform, the author focuses on the roles, on the one hand, of presidents from Reagan to Obama, and on the other, of Catholic immigrat… |
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Disestablishment and Religious Dissent
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Carl H. Esbeck,Jonathan J. Den Hartog |
On May 10, 1776, the Second Continental Congress sitting in Philadelphia adopted a Resolution which set in motion a round of constitution making in the colonies, several of which soon declared themse… |
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The great awakening
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Jim Wallis |
What will it take to solve the biggest issues of our time: extreme and needless poverty, global warming and environmental degradation, terrorism and the endless cycle of violence, racism, human traff… |
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Is God on America's Side?
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Erwin W. Lutzer |
With typical wisdom and lucidity, Lutzer addresses a fundamental question - a question begging for an answer after a frenetic election - Is God really on America's side? To answer, the reader is car… |
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Regulating religion
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Catharine Cookson |
"Our only choice as a nation, we are told, is either authoritarianism or anarchy. We are told that the "rule of law" is threatened if the "spirit of the law" is considered. But are these truly our on… |
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Church and state in America
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Edwin S. Gaustad |
Examines the different roles played by church and state in considerations of religion throughout the history of the United States, beginning with concerns of the original colonists through the curren… |
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Why the Christian Right Is Wrong
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Robin Meyers,Robin R. Meyers |
"I join the ranks of those who are angry, because I have watched as the faith I love has been taken over by fundamentalists who claim to speak for Jesus but whose actions are anything but Christian."… |
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