The Godless Constitution

A Moral Defense of the Secular State

By: Isaac Kramnick, R. Laurence Moore

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Paperback | 1 August 2005 | Edition Number 1

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The Godless Constitution is a ringing rebuke to the religious right's attempts, fueled by misguided and inaccurate interpretations of American history, to dismantle the wall between church and state erected by the country's founders. The authors, both distinguished scholars, revisit the historical roots of American religious freedom, paying particular attention to such figures as John Locke, Roger Williams, and especially Thomas Jefferson, and examine the controversies, up to the present day, over the proper place of religion in our political life. With a new chapter that explores the role of religion in the public life of George W. Bush's America, The Godless Constitution offers a bracing return to the first principles of American governance.

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Non-Fiction Politics & Government Central Government Law Laws of Specific Jurisdictions Constitutional & Administrative Law Religion & Beliefs Jurisprudence & General Issues Political Structure & Processes Constitution & The Government & The State Political Control & Freedoms Human Rights

Civil Rights & Citizenship History Regional & National History History of the Americas

Is America a Christian Nation?	p. 11
The Godless Constitution	p. 26
Roger Williams and the Religious Argument for Church-State Separation	p. 46
The English Roots of the Secular State	p. 67
The "Infidel" Mr. Jefferson	p. 88
American Baptists and the Jeffersonian Tradition	p. 110
Sunday Mail and the Christian Amendment	p. 131
Religious Politics and America's Moral Dilemmas	p. 150
George W. Bush and the Wall of Separation	p. 178
A Note on Sources	p. 207
Index	p. 211
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