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Church, State, and the Crisis in American Secularism

Autor Bruce Ledewitz
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 mai 2011
Since 1947, the Supreme Court has promised government neutrality toward religion, but in a nation whose motto is "In God We Trust" and which pledges allegiance to "One Nation under God," the public square is anything but neutral a paradox not lost on a rapidly secularizing America and a point of contention among those who identify all expressions of religion by government as threats to a free society. Yeshiva student turned secularist, Bruce Ledewitz seeks common ground for believers and nonbelievers regarding the law of church and state. He argues that allowing government to promote higher law values through the use of religious imagery would resolve the current impasse in the interpretation of the Establishment Clause. It would offer secularism an escape from its current tendency toward relativism in its dismissal of all that religion represents and encourage a deepening of the expression of meaning in the public square without compromising secular conceptions of government."
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253356345
ISBN-10: 0253356342
Pagini: 312
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press

Cuprins

Preface; IntroductionI. The Establishment Clause Crisis1. What We Say: The Supreme Court's Promise of Government Neutrality Toward Religion; 2. What We Do: The Failure of the Supreme Court to Redeem the Promise of Government Neutrality; 3. WhyOnly the People and Not History Can Resolve the Establishment Clause Crisis; 4. Proposals That Have Failed to Resolve the Establishment Clause CrisisII. Using Government Speech and Higher Law to Resolve the Establishment Clause Crisis5. The Establishment of Higher Law; 6. Using Religious Symbols to Establish Higher Law; 7. Applying Higher Law in Church/State IssuesIII. Using the Higher Law Establishment Clause to Save Secularism8. The Failure of Secularism under the New Atheism; 9. The New New Secularism and the Higher Law; 10. Is God a Universal Symbol?; 11. The New Politics of Higher Law SecularismConclusion: Perfecting DemocracyNotes; Bibliography; Index

Recenzii

"Bruce Ledewitz has produced a valuable book that raises important questions about the unique relationships between church and state, religion and secularism. Drawing on a rich collection of sources, Church, State, and the Crisis in American Secularism calls on Americans, both secular and religious, to find common ground." Senator Joseph Lieberman"A fresh, provocative approach to longstanding problems concerning the relationship of church and state [that] will make people on every side of this debate think more carefully and fruitfully about their positions." Stephen P. Goldberg, Georgetown University

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A secularist argument for religion in American public life