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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781488903321

Autore

Ledewitz Bruce <1975->

Titolo

Church, state, and the crisis in American secularism [[electronic resource] /] / Bruce Ledewitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Ind., : Indiana University Press, c2011

ISBN

0-253-00136-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Disciplina

342.7308/52

Soggetti

Church and state - United States

Ecclesiastical law - United States

Freedom of religion - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-270) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The establishment clause crisis -- pt. 2. Using government speech and higher law to resolve the establishment clause crisis -- pt. 3. Using the higher law establishment clause to save secularism.

Sommario/riassunto

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 nonbeli